It's not just with INTERPOL, although INTERPOL is obviously a part of the process in terms of information exchange. With respect to the ministerial directive on exchanging information with foreign countries that have potentially questionable human rights, we have a process called the foreign information risk advisory committee within the RCMP. It's an in-house committee where we will conduct risk assessments of countries we intend to share information with. It's chaired by the director general of our national security criminal investigations unit. It comprises a host of people, including INTERPOL.
My colleague Ross has attended these FIRAC meetings, as have I. There's a country assessment done by our federal policing strategic direction group, and then there's a weight put on the risk assessment, together with the need to share. Depending on the nature of the offence you're investigating, on occasion it may be better not to share, and some other times you may deem it necessary to share.
That said, this process is quite robust and that's the way we would handle it. With what we call risk countries, INTERPOL may engage the FIRAC, but it's not limited to INTERPOL. It could involve our national security folks or our organized crime people. Of course, we have more than 48 liaison officers and analysts posted overseas who are responsible for engaging in information sharing with the countries as well. They are also involved in the FIRAC process to ensure that we're screening the information we're sharing properly and that we're comfortable sharing with the countries we end up sharing with.