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
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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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INTERPOL’s Old Rules: A Moment of Silence
By Michelle Estlund on
Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices
INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) recently finished its last session under the governance of INTERPOL’s existing rules. The CCF began and completed its session in late May. Several of INTERPOL’s governing sets of rules will be abrogated by the new Rules on the Processing of Data, which become effective on…
INTERPOL and the Role of the United States National Central Bureau
By Michelle Estlund on
Posted in Member Country Activity, Red Notice Challenges
In dealing with INTERPOL-related matters, attorneys and Red Notice subjects often naturally seek assistance from their countries’ National Central Bureau (NCB) in an effort to resolve their cases. To understand why those efforts may not yield the desired results, consider the purpose of the U.S. NCB.
On its “Who We Serve” page, the U.S. NCB…
INTERPOL: Separate and Apart from National Central Bureaus
In response to the last post on the significant events between Egypt, the U.S., and INTERPOL, and particularly regarding INTERPOL’s stated offer to clarify matters regarding its involvement in a given matter, a reader left this comment:
Thanks for the great work in this area Michelle. My wife, one of the named individuals in
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The Burden of Proof: Is It Always Fair to the Red Notice Subject?
Since we have been on the issue of the ease with which Red Notices often seem to be obtained by INTERPOL member countries, today’s discussion centers on the burden of proof faced by Red Notice subjects and their lawyers.
Once it is issued, a Red Notice is presumed to be accurate and proper, according to INTERPOL’s rules. In…
Are INTERPOL’s Checks and Balances Effective?
In keeping with the last post’s discussion of INTERPOL member countries’ National Central Bureaus (NCB’s) issuing their own Red Notices, today’s post addresses the safety features offered by INTERPOL.
INTERPOL maintains that it has safety measures in place such as its set of standards, which it supplies to its member NCB’s under the theory that such provision…
Does the Type of INTERPOL Notice Against a Client Matter to a Bank?
By Michelle Estlund on
Posted in Collateral Effects of Red Notices
In the last posts, I addressed the topic of banking and Red Notices. But what of the effect of a Blue Notice, or Green for that matter? For attorneys whose clients are the subjects of INTERPOL-issued Notices, it is the fact of any Notice’s existence that matters, not only Red Notices. While Red Notices are…