Miami, Florida, U.S.A. – Estlund Law clients and owners of a major re-insurance company (“Partners A and B”) are now free of the Red Notices that the Russian Federation had previously obtained against them. The details of the case are found here.

When the partners learned that they were the subjects of an INTERPOL…

In our last post, we discussed the issue of former Red Notice subjects facing difficulty upon entry to the United States, even though their Red Notices had been removed or their criminal case has been resolved. Today’s focus is on whether to apply for one and when to do so.

How do I know if …

(updated on 1/16/2026)

Many Red Notice subjects are concerned about whether they may face issues when traveling, even after their Red Notices have been removed from INTERPOL databases, or after a criminal case has been resolved. In some instances, although they are permitted to enter a country after a Red Notice has been…

Today’s post will address Article 3 of INTERPOL’s constitution and why it exists. 

When an INTERPOL member country’s Red Notice request appears to be predominantly motivated by political, military, religious, or racial reasons, Article 3 requires that the organization deny the request.

Using the example cited in part 1 of this series, Bosnian officials sought…

For the past fourteen years, I have accepted very few INTERPOL cases wherein people were subjects of U.S.-requested Red Notices. The United States has historically been one of the countries that scores highest on due process observation, human rights protection, and application of law to proven facts. Our justice system is certainly not without flaws…

It has recently come to our attention that another law firm and/or its marketing team has plagiarized the contents of the Estlund Law, P.A. website, resulting in false online representations that it is affiliated with Estlund Law, P.A. or Michelle Estlund.

(While imitation is flattering, that action is unethical. It is also curious that a…

Our last post detailed cases of member countries abusing or attempting to abuse INTERPOL to target specific journalists. Those cases are not at all unique; INTERPOL abuse by its member countries has been documented for years. Turkey and Brazil are not the only offenders. Egyptian officials have sought Red Notices against journalists repeatedly, as reported…

Member countries abusing Red Notices to target reporters is a particularly heinous form of repression and political persecution. Today’s post will address specific instances of INTERPOL’s tools being used to silence or retaliate against journalists. 

This issue’s prevalence has led RNLJ to cover it in the past. In 2018, Turkey’s Red Notice request against reporter…

In our last post, we addressed the ongoing issue of China’s abuse of Red Notices against people who owned very successful businesses and against dissidents. Today, we’ll consider a primary goal of certain criminal cases being filed against those individuals: asset seizure. 

In China and much of the world, a person’s assets may be…