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poltee throughout the world. Fast mecns of travel avatlable to criminals as wold a3 thetr utter dteregerd for boundary lines make it nacessary for ‘gonplete tntemeattonal poltce cooperatton, for without 4t the worfere cpatinat ortminala will be ineffective. The Iventificutton Diviaton of the Federal fureau of Invistigution, for exaaple, serven o8 a continuing mediu. of coo uzration with poltee anenctes throughout the world und with the Internattonal Crintnul Poltce Conmatsston. Ita regular exchange of Stogerprints wlth the Identification Bureaus of forcign countries hos contributed matertally to the aause of more effective law | enforcement. Tho International Exohange of Fingerprints not only provides a atans of furntshing a subjeot's complete criminal history for the assistance of prosecuting attorneys, judges cnt parole | officers tn thetr respeotive activtttes, but also ts of the utmost importance os a medium whereby persons who are wanted tn a country other than taaot tn whitch they were arrested, may be identified as fugitives. . on, . During the 1948 fiscal year 78 foreign countrtes, territortes ant possesstons of the Untted States, were cooperating tn the Internattonal Exchange. During that pertod, 1,220 seta of Jingerprints were transmitted to foretcn countrtes for posstbie tdentifteation. Of these, 187 tuenttficattons were made. For this Sane pertold, 21,310 prints ware reoetved fron foretan ‘countrtes. Over 14,3] 128 were tdentified.