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Who adopts MIND/FIND in INTERPOL’s fight against international crime and terrorism?

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This article determines the key factors inducing INTERPOL countries to institute MIND/FIND, a technology which facilitates systematic searches of people, motor vehicles, and documents at international transit points. This integrated solution assists countries in curbing international crime and terrorism. Based on discrete-choice models, the analysis identifies income per capita, population, democratic freedoms, and anticipated searches for suspects as the key determinants of whether INTERPOL countries install MIND/FIND. Ethnic diversity, international arrivals, cost proxies, and arrests prior to adoption are not important considerations in decisions to install MIND/FIND. External financial support is an essential factor identifying likely non-adopters who installed MIND/FIND.

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  1. Department of Economics and Finance, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA

    Walter Enders

  2. School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W Campbell Road, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA

    Todd Sandler

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Enders, W., Sandler, T. Who adopts MIND/FIND in INTERPOL’s fight against international crime and terrorism?. Public Choice 149, 263 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-011-9839-2

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