An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
A reader posted this comment recently:
Just wanted to know if a person committed a crime 28 years ago and has been on the run ever since, would that individual be on the Interpol red list if he tries to fly internationally?
We naturally assume that the question is merely one of curiousity, and posed…
INTERPOL’s annual General Assembly was recently held in Rome. Now that the GA has come to a close, we have been discussing some of the decisions made during the meetings. In the last post, the President of INTERPOL was the topic; today, we review the other newest members of the Executive Committee.
The Exectutive Committee…
Now that INTERPOL’s annual General Assembly has come to a close, it’s a good time to discuss some of the decisions that were made during the GA’s annual meeting.
First, let’s get to the GA’s choice for INTERPOL’s president: Mireille Ballestrazzi, Deputy Central Director of the French Judicial Police. She will serve as INTERPOL’s first…
Not too far in the future, INTERPOL’s General Assembly will gather in Rome for its annual meeting. The General Assembly is charged with making decisions about how the organization will be run in the coming year, and considers everything from general policy matters to resources to electing the members of the Executive Committee. From November…
In honor of Halloween, many of us decorate with images of scary jack-o-lanterns, witches, ghosts, and the like. We expect people to surprise us from around the corner, and to yell “Boo!” when we don’t expect it. Part of the fun of being scared on Halloween is knowing that the fright is only temporary, and…
INTERPOL is working with the World Bank Integrity Vice Presidency to fight corruption related to World Bank funded projects. The effort, described here, is certainly a worthy one. The idea behind this, or any anti-corruption campaign, is that support will be provided to countries so that they can cull out the corrupt elements of their…
Red Notice subjects who are considering challenging their Red Notices have frequently exhausted all of their other options. Their efforts to show investigating police officers that they are innocent have failed; they have been charged and improperly convicted despite mutliple law violations by government officials; and they have fled their countries due to a very…
INTERPOL’s latest Annual Report is out and can be found here. It contains information regarding INTERPOL’s leadership, activities, new endeavors, priorities, infrastructure, and funding.
Of particular interest is the organization’s strategic priorities regarding its legal foundation. It has been known for some time now that INTERPOL deeply values its status as an international organization…
Today’s post addresses the following question sent in by a reader:
I would like to ask you the follow question:
Can a member country of Interpol get a red notice, if this country has sentenced a person in absence, without this person was stopped and obviously without having knowledge that in some country she was …
A reader sent in this series of questions, which are good ones for INTERPOL newbies:
1. Can a country member of Interpol get a red notice, if this country has sentenced a person in absence, without this person having been stopped and obviously without having knowledge that in some country she was prosecuted
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