Red Notices are designed to immobilize a person. Anyone who is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice cannot travel without risking detention. She often has difficulty maintaining business relationships because of the outstanding notice. When the notice is about a financial crime, the subject has the additional worry that her financial institution will sever
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INTERPOL’s CCF: the 2012 Annual Report provides insight to the CCF’s decision-making process
The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s files has just issued its 2012 Annual Report. The report provides information regarding the CCF’s activities over the last year. It also includes statistics on the CCF’s decisions in cases that it considered during its three sessions in 2012.
Over the next several posts, I will address…
Update on Egypt’s request for a Red Notice in the name of Mahmoud Ezzat- INTERPOL has no comment
By Michelle Estlund on
Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices
In the last post, I addressed the case of Mahmoud Ezzat, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood who is believed to have fled Egypt and is wanted on charges listed as inciting murder and violence. The focus of that post was whether INTERPOL would agree to issue a Red Notice, particularly in light of…
In Perfect Harmony: the CCF and the General Secretariat of INTERPOL
By Michelle Estlund on
Today’s post is the third in a series of posts addressing the CCF’s Annual Report for 2011 and focuses on the relationship between the CCF and the General Secretariat.
The CCF is the arm of INTERPOL charged with the protection and monitoring of data processed by INTERPOL. The General Secretariat has the authority to…
INTERPOL Red Notice Suspension Requested by Colombia
By Michelle Estlund on
While there is no doubt that INTERPOL holds great power over the lives of people who are the subjects of its notices, and that INTERPOL has one of the strongest international networks in the world, we are reminded this week of the fact that INTERPOL does not own the information in its files.
Every INTERPOL…