Update: On 06 Oct. 2021, RNLJ received confirmation from INTERPOL that “no Red Notice request for Ms. Rewcastle Brown has been received by the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters, nor has any wanted person diffusion been sent via INTERPOL’s channels,” and that Fair Trials has been advised of this information. INTERPOL’s recognition of this case as
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https://www.rednoticelawjournal.com/2014/04/in-the-march-10th-post/
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…
Will a Red Notice Subject be Caught When Traveling? Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Illustrates Why the Answer is Elusive
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…
INTERPOL and the World Bank vs. Corruption
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…
Abuses by INTERPOL Member Countries: Ignore All but the Worst?
A reader commented on February 12 as follows regarding an old post regarding Venezuela’s Red Notice history:
“Your animus towards Venezuela (or towards the Chavez Govt.) is misplaced, given the malfeasance of other INTERPOL member states. The judge you mention, Maria Lourdes Afiun, did not merely dismiss charges against a corrupt Venezuelan banker (which
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