An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
At a time when so many Venezuelans are suffering through political, economic, and social upheaval and violence, it can seem hard to come by good news. Today, however, we do have some very good news.
Gilberto Jesus Imery Gonzalez, a Venezuelan national and businessman currently living in the United States, has prevailed in having his…
Humberto Roca’s story may seem unusual to Western minds, but it is all too familiar in the world of INTERPOL abuse. Roca was the owner of a Bolivian airline company called Aerosur Airlines, and as a wealthy business owner who was critical of Bolivia’s government, was charged with “unjust enrichment” as his business was expropriated…
A good number of Red Notice subjects who seek to remove their notices from INTERPOL’s files are legitimate businessmen and women who need to travel to maintain their livelihoods. Many of them find themselves forced to challenge a Red Notice that was improperly issued based on political grounds or business disputes. The fact that they…
A reader recently wrote to ask what happens when an INTERPOL member country’s National Central Bureau (NCB) does not respond to INTERPOL’s requests for confirmation of information supplied by a Red Notice subject or his attorney.
An NCB is obligated to respond to INTERPOL’s request for information in order for INTERPOL to properly process individual…
This is the second in a series of posts addressing the current call for INTERPOL’s reform.
Fair Trials International recently released a report containing its recommendations for change to INTERPOL’s current system. The report, found here, includes two major areas for reform:
1. Protection from abuse of INTERPOL’s tools by member countries, and
2.
This is the second in a series of posts addressing the current call for INTERPOL’s reform
Fair Trials International recently released a report containing its recommendations for change to INTERPOL’s current system. The report, found here, includes two major areas for reform:
1. Protection from abuse of INTERPOL’s tools by member countries, and
2.
A reader recently sent in a question about his ability to travel while INTERPOL may have a Red Notice (or other notice) pending in his name, as well as finding out whether he is actually the subject of such a notice.
I have addressed this topic previously here (under INTERPOL’s Red Notices- Published and Unpublished)…
INTERPOL is an international information sharing agency that allows its 190 member countries to assist one another in the search for wanted persons who are suspected of having fled the jurisdiction of the requesting member country.
While the vast majority of publicized Red Notice challenges seem to arise from individual requests for removal that are…
A reader recently posed a question that is often the first in a long line of questions that arise when one’s life is touched by INTERPOL. The question:
How could one verify and check whether he has a red notice issued by Interpol against his name? I check the Interpol site but I feel information
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Paul Watson, founder of a marine wildlife conservation organization called the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has landed in the United States. Readers of this blog will recall that Mr. Watson had been exiled at sea for most of the last year because of outstanding Red Notices against him by both Japan and Costa Rica. The…
