An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
INTERPOL has received improper requests for Red Notices from Russia in the past, and all current indicators point to a worsening of the situation rather than an improvement.
Russia is an INTERPOL member country and is currently ranked 28 on Transparency International’s corruption index. A score of 28 means that Transparency International has determined that…
In the last post, I discussed the case of Carmelo Bruzzese, who is wanted by Italian authorities as a Red Notice subject charged with Mafia association.
Although Bruzzese is living openly in Canada, Canadian authorities have never arrested him for the purpose of initiating extradition proceedings due to a lack of dual criminality of the…
The case of Carmelo Bruzzese provides an interesting example of why Red Notices do not always lead to arrest and extradition, even where the alleged crime is rather serious by most standards.
The National Post reports here that Canadian police did not arrest Bruzzese, although they knew where he was living and that he was…
A lawyer from China recently sent me this question:
How does American justice system treat a Red Notice? Will the authorities arrest the person right away upon discovering the Notice?
Before addressing the question directly, it is also important to consider the purpose of the question, which is to determine what will happen to…
A reader recently sent in this comment, which has been modified to protect the reader’s privacy:
As an expat living in Dubai, it is quite shocking to see in one hand UAE authorities promote their yet to be presented Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law and on the other they openly talk about referring people (expat of …
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…
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…
