An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
In the March 10th post for this blog, I addressed the widespread failure of INTERPOL member countries to make use of INTERPOL’s stolen passport database, and anticipated that Malaysia would seek to improve its efforts to detect lost and stolen passports among travellers.
This past Friday, the Canadian Press reported here that a Malaysian airline…
In the last post, I addressed the issue of INTERPOL’s involvement in financial disputes arising from debts owed by individuals to financial institutions in the UAE. Today, the focus expands to the broader question of how some member countries abuse INTERPOL’s tools, specifically Red Notices, when they seek to resolve private disputes.
INTERPOL is prohibited…
The UAE banking crisis and its inappropriate involvement with INTERPOL Red Notices, which have been addressed here and here in this blog, appears to drag on still. Parag Deulgaonkar reported recently for Emirates 24/7 that bankers in the UAE are still using INTERPOL’s tools to immobilize expatriates who owe money to their financial institutions.
As…
At a time when so many Venezuelans are suffering through political, economic, and social upheaval and violence, it can seem hard to come by good news. Today, however, we do have some very good news.
Gilberto Jesus Imery Gonzalez, a Venezuelan national and businessman currently living in the United States, has prevailed in having his…
Humberto Roca’s story may seem unusual to Western minds, but it is all too familiar in the world of INTERPOL abuse. Roca was the owner of a Bolivian airline company called Aerosur Airlines, and as a wealthy business owner who was critical of Bolivia’s government, was charged with “unjust enrichment” as his business was expropriated…
A good number of Red Notice subjects who seek to remove their notices from INTERPOL’s files are legitimate businessmen and women who need to travel to maintain their livelihoods. Many of them find themselves forced to challenge a Red Notice that was improperly issued based on political grounds or business disputes. The fact that they…
A reader recently wrote to ask what happens when an INTERPOL member country’s National Central Bureau (NCB) does not respond to INTERPOL’s requests for confirmation of information supplied by a Red Notice subject or his attorney.
An NCB is obligated to respond to INTERPOL’s request for information in order for INTERPOL to properly process individual…
The CCF (Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files) has completed its first session of the year, wherein its members considered the requests for removal of Red Notices, and likely other notices and diffusions, that were submitted by both attorneys and individuals.
The CCF normally meets over a two-day period three times per year. During…
This is the second in a series of posts addressing the current call for INTERPOL’s reform.
Fair Trials International recently released a report containing its recommendations for change to INTERPOL’s current system. The report, found here, includes two major areas for reform:
1. Protection from abuse of INTERPOL’s tools by member countries, and
2.
As 2013 drew to a close, two very different organizations released their own reports, both of which addressed the need for reform within INTERPOL and its independent review body, the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF).
Both Fair Trials International, based in London, and the Heritage Foundation, housed in Washington, D.C.…
