WATCH: The truth about Interpol

The new head of Interpol, the international policing liaison agency, has been elected amid a furious controversy.

CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson asks: In a world where repression is increasingly commonplace, is Interpol – swamped in corporate money and with little oversight – really combating global crime?

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