Red Notice subjects who are considering challenging their Red Notices have frequently exhausted all of their other options. Their efforts to show investigating police officers that they are innocent have failed; they have been charged and improperly convicted despite mutliple law violations by government officials; and they have fled their countries due to a very
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Red Notices and INTERPOL’s treatment of convictions obtained through trials in absentia
Today’s post addresses the following question sent in by a reader:
I would like to ask you the follow question:
Can a member country of Interpol get a red notice, if this country has sentenced a person in absence, without this person was stopped and obviously without having knowledge that in some country she was …
Red Notices: Questions from the Audience
A reader sent in this series of questions, which are good ones for INTERPOL newbies:
1. Can a country member of Interpol get a red notice, if this country has sentenced a person in absence, without this person having been stopped and obviously without having knowledge that in some country she was prosecuted
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Fair Trials International, Benny Wenda, and INTERPOL: Congratulations
As reported here by Ian Johnston of MSNBC, Fair Trials International received word that its work on behalf of Indonesian dissident Benny Wenda has paid off. The Red Notice that had been issued in Mr. Wenda’s name was recognized by INTERPOL as being politically motivated and therefore improper. INTERPOL removed the Red Notice accordingly.
Once…
Extradition of a Red Notice Subject
A reader recently posed this question:
I would like to know if you can asnwer my questions. I know of a person, Ethiopian citizen, which has been red-noticed. The individual has committed crimes in the US and has been now hiding for the past 14 years in Ethiopia. I have met this man and he
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INTERPOL and You: the Exit Interview
Today’s post is directed specifically towards those individuals who have been Red Notice subjects and their lawyers. Red Notice Law Journal often receives inquiries from people who are currently dealing with INTERPOL-related matters. For a change, I’d like to ask for a review from those who have finished with their Red Notice experiences. For those…
INTERPOL and the Necessity of Early Risk Assessment for International Businesses
Once upon a time, a business with interests abroad had little reason to consider INTERPOL in its evaluation of whether to accept international business opportunities. That time is no longer.
As INTERPOL grows and its member countries have increasing contact with one another both politically and economically, so grows the need for private businesses to…
Red Notices and INTERPOL: Who’s on the List?
By Michelle Estlund on
Having recently read a few items regarding people who believe they may be Red Notice subjects, I think it’s probably a good time to clarify the matter of Red Notice publication.
Anyone reading this blog probably knows that INTERPOL has its own website which includes a page for Red Notice subject searches. What people often…
How Will Attorneys View INTERPOL’s New Rules?
As we discussed in the last post, INTERPOL’s new rules are called the Rules on the Processing of Data (RPD) and will become effective July 1, 2012. Among the changes from the old rules, and of interest to Red Notice subjects and their attorneys, will be the following:
- Better organization of topics in a more
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Blue Notice Subject Paul Watson Arrested- But Not with INTERPOL’s Help
By Michelle Estlund on
Paul Watson, the leader of the environmental activist organization, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has been arrested and released on bond in Germany for alleged criminal activity in Costa Rican waters nearly ten years ago. Interestingly enough, there appears to have been no Red Notice issued against Mr. Watson based on his Costa Rican activity.