This past spring, the United States Department of Justice released a press release discussing two illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) government being charged for a PRC-directed bribery scheme. The press release states that John Chen, a Los Angeles resident and former citizen of the PRC, and Lin Feng, a Los Angeles
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay: How an INTERPOL-led operation seeking illicit firearms may affect Red Notice subjects
INTERPOL recently published details on its largest coordinated firearms operation ever, called Trigger IX. The operation allowed local authorities in multiple countries to make thousands of arrests and firearm seizures. The operation lasted three weeks(March 12 to April 2) throughout 15 countries across Central and South America, with the primary goal of locating illicit
Nigeria: INTERPOL and the misinformation reports on INTERPOL’S role in the arrest of Biafran dissident Simon Ekpa
Our last post addressed how the media often fuels the misconceptions regarding INTERPOL. Today, we look to the case of Biafran Dissident Simon Ekpa and how misinformation on INTERPOL presented in journalistic accounts of his situation.
Simon Ekpa
Simon Ekpa, a Biafran dissident residing in Finland, was arrested by Finnish Police after threatening to
Lyon, France: INTERPOL and the media’s contribution to common misconceptions about its nature and mission
Over the past several decades, popular media has contributed to a widespread misunderstanding of INTERPOL and how it operates. The media often portrays INTERPOL as a body that sends out detectives or agents to arrest and apprehend criminals. This is not the case. As explained in a previous blog post here, INTERPOL receives information
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INTERPOL’s CCF: the Annual Report for 2021 (Post 1 of 3)
The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s files(CCF) has recently released its Annual Report for 2021. Notably discussed within the report was the processing of 1,579 cases, 651 of which were complaints. This series of posts will comprehensively review the 651 complaints processed in 2021.
Among the 651 Complaints processed by the CCF:
INTERPOL Red Notices and China: Who owns the information in INTERPOL’s files when China requests a Red Notice?
It is a given that a certain level of trust, even if for limited purposes, must exist between INTERPOL and its member countries. When one of INTERPOL’s 195 member countries sends a request for a Red Notice to INTERPOL in hopes of obtaining Red Notices against wanted persons, the requests then become part of INTERPOL’s
INTERPOL in India: this year’s General Assembly, part 1 of 3
INTERPOL’s annual General Assembly of 2022
INTERPOL’s General Assembly is an annual event hosted for INTERPOL’s member countries to discuss and vote on varying global law enforcement issues. The 90th annual General Assembly meeting will be held this year in New Delhi, India, from October 18th to the 22nd. The traditionally 4-day event is always
Lyon, France- update on the CCF’s session schedule, response times, and decisions
(today’s post is an update of a post earlier this year)
Schedule for the remainder of 2022
The CCF’s April and June/July 2022 sessions have passed, and the Commission’s decisions from the most recent session are being delivered to applicants and their attorneys. If a pending case was not heard during this last session, it
Washington, D.C.- National Central Bureaus and their roles in INTERPOL’s functioning
A reader recently wrote in with the following question:
I believe I am being scammed and have had no success finding an e-mail address for Interpol Washington to get their view of the immediate stop order supposedly issued by one of their agents.
The question contains several elements that need to be answered to fully