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
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Tomorrow: Open Conversations About INTERPOL Abuse

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Open Conversations About INTERPOL Abuse
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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…
INTERPOL Red Notices- do they ever expire?
A reader recently sent in the following question:
I wanted to know how long is a red alert in effect? I mean, when does it expires?
INTERPOL Red Notices and immigration problems
In our last segment, I discussed the way that the Dual Criminality requirement of most extradition treaties affects Red Notice subjects who are possibly facing extradition.
We left off with the idea that, even if extradition is prevented by a lack of dual criminality, a Red Notice can still lead to a person’s removal…
INTERPOL Red Notices and the dual criminality requirement
The main purpose of an INTERPOL Red Notice is for INTERPOL’s member countries to help each other find and extradite fugitives and bring them to justice.
So why do we sometimes see a wanted person living openly in another country, without being extradited to the country where she is wanted by the authorities?
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INTERPOL Red Notices- Why doesn’t INTERPOL list all Red Notice subjects on its website?
Why doesn’t INTERPOL list all Red Notice subjects on its website?
A Red Notice Law Journal reader recently asked a common question arises when one’s life is touched by INTERPOL. The question:
“How can you check whether you have a red notice in your name? I checked the Interpol site but I feel information…
INTERPOL Red Notice Abuse: a discussion
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with fellow practitioners Yuriy Nemets of Nemets Law and Ben Keith of 5 Saint Andrew’s Hill in a segment of the Nemets Law-hosted webinar series, “Open Conversations about INTERPOL Abuse.” The recorded conversation includes examples of Red Notice abuse in multiple countries, such as Ecuador, India, Mozambique, Paraguay…
INTERPOL Red Notices- Traveling as a Red Notice subject
When an individual is wanted by any member country of INTERPOL, international travel always poses a risk of detention.
Red Notice and the Dual Criminality Requirement-INTERPOL attorney Michelle Estlund
The main purpose of an INTERPOL Red Notice is for INTERPOL’s member countries to help each other find and extradite fugitives and bring them to justice.
So why do we sometimes see a wanted person living openly in another country, without being extradited to the country where she is wanted by the authorities?
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