An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
In the INTERPOL practice, it is often beneficial to engage co-counsel in the country where the Red Notice, diffusion, or other notice originated. Toward that end, I often consult with colleagues in other countries regarding our mutual practices and cases.
As a member of the WORLDWIDE INDEPENDENT LAWYERS LEAGUE, I recently had the privilege…
INTERPOL recently published details on its largest coordinated firearms operation ever, called Trigger IX. The operation allowed local authorities in multiple countries to make thousands of arrests and firearm seizures. The operation lasted three weeks(March 12 to April 2) throughout 15 countries across Central and South America, with the primary goal of locating illicit…
Over the past several decades, popular media has contributed to a widespread misunderstanding of INTERPOL and how it operates. The media often portrays INTERPOL as a body that sends out detectives or agents to arrest and apprehend criminals. This is not the case. As explained in a previous blog post here, INTERPOL receives information…
The main purpose of an INTERPOL Red Notice is for INTERPOL’s member countries to help each other find and extradite fugitives and bring them to justice.
So why do we sometimes see a wanted person living openly in another country, without being extradited to the country where she is wanted by the authorities?
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A recurring client question these days is whether INTERPOL is working during this pandemic. The answer is a resounding “yes.” We’ve noticed that the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files is responding to simple requests for access even more quickly than before. We are also noticing that INTERPOL’s member countries are still searching for…
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…
A reader recently posed a question that is often the first in a long line of questions that arise when one’s life is touched by INTERPOL. The question:
How could one verify and check whether he has a red notice issued by Interpol against his name? I check the Interpol site but I feel information
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A reader recently sent in the following comment and question:
I have a diffusion notice against me , which was issued by the Indian government. This was done purely to harass me , using the high influence of politics. The case I was wrongly implicated in, is now resolved. So is there a way that…
I received a question from a reader this week who was interested in knowing which countries were actually INTERPOL member countries. INTERPOL keeps an updated list of its member countries on its website on this page. Each member country has its own page of facts and relevant information. Many also have links to press…
I was recently contacted by a representative of a financial watch list compliance organization. He had an interesting question: How valuable is the information in INTERPOL’s website? His goal was to determine whether the information on the website was valuable enough to provide to the subscribers to his watch list.
Of course, the determination of…
