While the increase in CCF sessions this year should be beneficial, it would be productive for the Commission to routinely schedule more sessions so that all requests will be processed and decided in a timely manner.
Continue Reading Lyon France: INTERPOL’s CCF- This Year’s Schedule (part 1 of 3)
United States and Lyon, France: Reputational Repair After an INTERPOL Red Notice Win: Banking and Finances (Part 1 of 3)
After INTERPOL deletes a Red Notice, whether due to it being politically motivated or otherwise improperly requested, INTERPOL’s member countries are notified of the deletion. This should be reflected in each country’s records, but this is not always the case.
Continue Reading United States and Lyon, France: Reputational Repair After an INTERPOL Red Notice Win: Banking and Finances (Part 1 of 3)
India, Russia, and China: INTERPOL’s Secretary General comments on Red Notice Use and Reforms (Part 1 of 2)
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock recently addressed what he referred to as misinformation regarding the organization in the media and critics of the Red Notice system who claim it has become a tool of repressive states.
In an op-ed published in Euronews, Mr. Stock reiterated that Red Notices are a key tool for cooperation among
Lyon, France: INTERPOL’s CCF considered Red Notice removal requests in its final session of 2023
INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF’s) third session of the year occurred from October 16th to the 20th. As no further sessions are publicly scheduled for this year, this will likely be the last session during which the CCF will review INTERPOL notice subjects’ requests for notice removal and access to information.
Europe (Lyon, France): INTERPOL’s CCF to hold its third session of the year
INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF’s) third session of the year will occur from October 16th to the 20th. If the CCF has no more sessions this year, this will be the last session that the CCF will review INTERPOL notice subjects’ requests for notice removal and access to information.
The CCF’s
China: how the government of the PRC uses Red Notices improperly to pursue people (part 2 of 2)
The Chinese Government has a long history of abusing its power, both outside of and within INTERPOL. The United States Department of Justice recently issued a press release discussing agents of the People’s Republic of China(PRC) being charged with a bribery scheme in an effort to bribe a purported IRS official at the direction of
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INTERPOL’s CCF: the Annual Report for 2021 (Post 1 of 3)
The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s files(CCF) has recently released its Annual Report for 2021. Notably discussed within the report was the processing of 1,579 cases, 651 of which were complaints. This series of posts will comprehensively review the 651 complaints processed in 2021.
Among the 651 Complaints processed by the CCF:
Lyon, France- update on the CCF’s session schedule, response times, and decisions
(today’s post is an update of a post earlier this year)
Schedule for the remainder of 2022
The CCF’s April and June/July 2022 sessions have passed, and the Commission’s decisions from the most recent session are being delivered to applicants and their attorneys. If a pending case was not heard during this last session, it
China’s most recent use of INTERPOL to re-patriate dissidents- the case of Yidiresi Aishan
INTERPOL’s CCF continues to receive requests to remove Chinese dissidents and political opponents from the organization’s wanted list.
While such requests often concern former government officials who have run afoul of the Chinese Communist Party, a recent report highlights the case of Yidiresi Aishan, a private citizen and Uyghur activist. Aishan is in exile from