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ronmental crime units. We have in fact 17 databases with millions of data avai-
lable for investigations at national or regional level. Among them, I wish to
mention the forensic database (which collects fingerprint criminal records and
DNA samples used for the identification of criminals), the stolen and lost tra-
vel documents database (which tracks the movements of traffickers and crimi-
nals around the world), as well as other databases in different crime areas, such
as the trafficking of stolen works of art, trafficking in stolen vehicles. And all
such databases help us monitoring converging crimes, which involve environ-
mental crime too.

We also have the possibility to deploy our investigative support teams on
the field, especially in Africa, Asia or South America, in order to help member
countries develop their investigations and preserve the crime scene. We provide
training before an operation is launched and make sure evidence is preserved
in order to ensure the results of the judicial procedure after the investigation
and the operation. Among other tools that Interpol offers, a very common and
well-known one is the Notice System: through this, prosecutors are asked by
our law enforcement forces to authorise the internationalisation of arrest war-

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