An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
When INTERPOL introduced its I-link system, the goal of the system was to provide its member countries with near-instant access to one another’s shared information about wanted subjects. While that goal clearly has been met, it hasn’t been without some bumps in the road.
Along with the benefit of instant access come the…
In a continuation of a series of posts about the CCF’s Annual Report for 2011, today’s post focuses on a perhaps surprising, but apparently common, occurence in INTERPOL member country courts around the world.
In its Annual Report, the CCF noted that many domestic courts were confused about INTERPOL’s role in extradition proceedings. The…
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…
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…
When clients or attorneys ask me what an INTERPOL Red Notice is, I often answer that it’s similar to what we would call a BOLO in the United States. A BOLO, or Be On the Lookout, is an announcement dissiminated to law enforcement officials that describes a criminal suspect in an effort to have him…
I recently read an online inquiry by a Red Notice subject who had been advised that her Red Notice was “in the process of being removed” by the prosecuting attorney. The subject wondered how long the removal would take.
Every INTERPOL member country has its own National Central Bureau (NCB), which acts as a liaison…
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…
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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Today’s post is directed specifically towards those individuals who have been Red Notice subjects and their lawyers. Red Notice Law Journal often receives inquiries from people who are currently dealing with INTERPOL-related matters. For a change, I’d like to ask for a review from those who have finished with their Red Notice experiences. For those…
INTERPOL’s most well-known tool, the Red Notice, exists to aid its member countries’ law enforcement efforts for the following purpose:
To seek the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition.
Member countries are required to be responsive to requests for supporting documentation regarding the grounds for an extradition request…
