One of the most frequent concerns cited by our Red Notice clients is what could happen even if they succeed in their efforts to remove a Red Notice. Most people who challenge Red Notices do so because they have tried to resolve the matter at the country of origin and failed, or because the country
Red Notice Challenges
INTERPOL Red Notices and extradition- what happens if extradition is denied?
One of the primary purposes of a Red Notice is for INTERPOL’s member countries to assist each other in finding Red Notice subjects and extraditing them back to the countries who seek to prosecute or sentence them.
Sometimes, when authorities find a Red Notice subject in their country and alert the original requesting country to…
INTERPOL and Red Notice removal- does it do any good to write to the CCF?
A reader sent in this message:
“I have a red notice of Interpol but I didn’t commit any crime… I am trying to find any information possible or anybody who can help me… I already wrote to the CCF, but as you may know… it is pointless…”
Actually, I am happy to report that this…
Red Notices and INTERPOL- can Red Notices be issued for non-criminal cases?
This is the third in a series of posts by guest author Lisa Ould Aklouche*
A reader recently posed the following question:
“Is it a prerequisite for a Red notice that the notice pertains to a criminal offense in the issuing country?”
The simple answer is yes.
What is more, in general, Red Notices may…
INTERPOL’s relationship with China- part 2 of 2
This is the second in a series of posts by guest author Lisa Ould Aklouche*
Following the previous post about China’s violation of its obligations to INTERPOL regarding due process rights and INTERPOL’s lackluster response to those violations, the question of what INTERPOL can do about it bears consideration.
First, INTERPOL could exercise pressure on…
Will INTERPOL’s website tell me if I have a Red Notice?
Clients frequently ask how they can have an INTERPOL Red Notice if they are not listed on the Wanted page of INTERPOL’s website.
The answer is that the vast majority of Red Notices are unpublished. INTERPOL’s currently available data, here, tells us that
“[t]here are currently approximately 58,000 valid Red Notices, of which some 7,000
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INTERPOL’s CCF- what happens when countries use diffusions after Red Notices are denied?
INTERPOL’s CCF (the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files) has made its most recent Annual Report available online, here. In the 2017 Annual Report, which was officially published at the 2018 General Assembly meeting, the CCF covered a variety of topics, from recent statutory changes to the duties of the two chambers.
Among…
INTERPOL and attorneys- does your attorney designation affect the CCF’s processing of your case?
One of the most personal aspects of an INTERPOL case concerns a Red Notice subject’s decison about attorney representation. On that topic, a reader sent in the following question:
Can a termination of legal representation of a lawyer after the submission of the application form to the CCF ( deletion request) and before the first
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INTERPOL and lawyers- the CCF’s new and improved decisions on Red Notice removal requests, part 2
We left off in the last post with a discussion about why a Request Chamber comprised entirely of lawyers makes a difference in the nature and quality of decisions being issued by the CCF.
In March of 2017, INTERPOL adopted a new Statute of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files. As with many…
INTERPOL and lawyers- the CCF’s new and improved decisions on Red Notice removal requests, part 1
I recently received a decision from the CCF (Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files), and I absolutely loved it. It was by far the best decision I have ever received from the CCF- and not just because we succeeded in our request to remove a client’s Red Notice, although of course that was…