On the International Level
  Thanks to the cooperation between NCB Beirut, the other NCBs, and the IPSG in combating international crimes, many illegal schemes and operations were aborted especially in the following fields : drug traffic, theft of cars, money laundering and financing terrorist organizations, illegal immigration and traffic of human beings, theft or loss of travel documents.

Drug Traffic
  Many smuggling operations were thwarted leading to the seizure of big quantities of drugs and to the arrest of the involved persons. This success is due to the efforts of the Lebanese Police on the national level, and to the controlled delivery operations, founded on previous information, and on the coordination with the NCBs of the concerned countries. It is interesting to mention in this context the successful controlled delivery operation that took place at the International Airport of King Fahd on the 23rd of July 2004.Consequently, 100kg of hashish and $45. 000 were seized, and three persons- two Saudi Arabians and one Jordanian- were arrested. Finally, it should be highlighted that thanks to the special policy of the Lebanese Government in combating drugs, to the directions of the Minister of Interior, and to the supervision of the Director General of the I.S.F., the name of Lebanon was stroke off the black list of the drugs producing and exporting countries.

Theft of Cars
   The Lebanese Police succeeded in retrieving many of the cars stolen in Lebanon or stolen abroad and driven to Lebanon. After being seized, the cars were rendered to their legal owners in conformity with the applied regulations. It should be noted here that the success of Lebanon in this field have had a very good impact on its relations with the concerned countries. Furthermore, Lebanon is one among 56 other member countries that feed the ASF database (IPSG database on the stolen cars all over the world) with information on stolen cars, allowing thus the other countries to benefit by it.

Money Laundering and Financial Terrorist Organization
  Lebanon has performed an important role in confronting the crimes of money laundering and financing terrorist organizations: after information is exchanged with the other countries via the NCB Beirut, it is exploited by the Lebanese Financial Crimes and Money Laundering Repression Bureau that coordinates with the competent financial authorities to freeze the suspected accounts. Those efforts were rewarded by striking Lebanon off the list of non-cooperative countries with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Illegal Immigration and Traffic of Human Beings
  Lebanon has a strategic location within the Mediterranean region which is a crossing point between Asia and Europe, destination of almost all the illegal immigrants. Thanks to this location and to the coordination with the other NCBs concerned with this problem, many involved networks were dismantled and the illegal immigrants were arrested and deported towards their countries through their diplomatic missions.

Theft or Loss of Travel Documents
  With the coordination of the Lebanese Sûreté Générale and under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor Office at the Supreme Court, Lebanon contributes, together with twenty other countries, in providing the IP SG with lists of the lost/ stolen Lebanese passports to prevent their illegal use by international criminal organizations.

On the Local  Level
  1- The personnel of NCB Beirut was chosen very carefully: bilingual and trilingual competent
       police agents, translators,… As for the equipment, it is useless to mention that the NCB has
       been completely computerized.
  2- The input on C.D.rom project of the NCB records since 1970 was accomplished.
  3- All data provided to NCB Beirut by other Interpol member countries are stored according to
       special software, in order to be exploited when need be.
  4- In line with the working teams created by the IPSG since the events of September 11, 2001,
       the duty in NCB Beirut is assured 24 hours a day.