On Friday, July 24, 12:00- 1:30 PM EDT, Michelle Estlund will be joining fellow panelists to discuss the challenges faced by the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF), in addition to

  • Recently proposed and adopted amendments to the CCF Statute and Operating Rules
  • The launch of the new CCF web portal for the submission of individual requests
  • Other reforms that INTERPOL has carried out in the past year as well as INTERPOL’s engagement with civil society in this regard,
  • The INTERPOL Silver Notice pilot program
  • The work of INTERPOL’s Notices and Diffusions Task Force and its participation in the prevention of abuse of INTERPOL’s channels
  • Media coverage of INTERPOL’s notices and diffusions
  • The upcoming elections of the CCF members 
  • The CCF case law
  • Criminal charges behind Red Notices and diffusions, and how these trends differ from the previous years.

Moderating the event is Bruce Zagaris, Partner, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP (USA), and panelists include:

  • Michelle Estlund, Founder and Principal Attorney, Estlund Law, PA, Florida
  • Ted R. Bromund, Founder and Principal, Bromund Expert Witness Services LLC
  • Teresa McHenry, Chairperson, Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files
  • Yaron Gottlieb, Director, Notices and Diffusions Task Force, Executive Directorate Legal Affairs, INTERPOL’s General Secretariat, France
  • Yuriy L. Nemets, Managing Member, NEMETS PLLC, Washington, DC

This seminar is open to all, and you can register to attend here.