The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 9, 2018 China Detains Interpol Police Chief, Accusing Him of Corruption --------------------------------------------------------------- The president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, has stepped down from the international police cooperation agency after being accused of corruption and detained by Chinese authorities. Meng reportedly went missing after he recently flew from France, where Interpol is headquartered, to visit China, where he is a citizen. .