Delegates from 192 nations on Wednesday will elect a new president of Interpol, the international police organization. By all accounts, the winner is going to be one of Vladimir Putin’s most notorious thugs.

That would give the Russian president control of an organization he has abused for years to harass his political opponents across the globe.

Moscow’s nomination of Alexander Prokopchuk — long Putin’s point man on Interpol harassment — would also be a boon to the organized-crime cartels that work hand in glove with the Russian state.

But it’s Russia’s use of Interpol’s “red notice” system as a political weapon that is most disturbing.

Indeed, Prokopchuk’s nomination coincides with new charges being filed by Moscow against Bill Browder, who was largely responsible for passage of the 2012 Magnitzky Act, which can be used to sanction human-rights violators.

That doesn’t worry Putin as much as his fear the law could target the offshore bank accounts of his inner circle. That’s why he’s made targeting Browder and others behind Magnitzky a top priority.

Moscow uses the red-notice system to file international arrest warrants (based on spurious charges) against those who’ve received political asylum abroad. That leaves the targets facing detention, having their assets frozen and possible extradition to Russia.

Ukraine and Latvia have both threatened to withdraw from Interpol if Prokopchuk is elected; more countries likely will follow.

That includes the United States — which, along with other Western nations, provides 80 percent of Interpol’s budget.

During World War II, Nazi Germany seized control of Interpol’s predecessor, the International Criminal Police Congress, and installed a succession of war criminals as president.

Most nations withdrew from the organization and created a new agency after the war. If another repressive autocrat gains control of Interpol, history is likely to repeat itself.