An Interpol Attorney's Perspective on Red Notices, International Extradition and Related Matters
This is the second in a series of posts addressing the current call for INTERPOL’s reform.
Fair Trials International recently released a report containing its recommendations for change to INTERPOL’s current system. The report, found here, includes two major areas for reform:
1. Protection from abuse of INTERPOL’s tools by member countries, and
2.
This is the second in a series of posts addressing the current call for INTERPOL’s reform
Fair Trials International recently released a report containing its recommendations for change to INTERPOL’s current system. The report, found here, includes two major areas for reform:
1. Protection from abuse of INTERPOL’s tools by member countries, and
2.
A reader recently sent in a question about his ability to travel while INTERPOL may have a Red Notice (or other notice) pending in his name, as well as finding out whether he is actually the subject of such a notice.
I have addressed this topic previously here (under INTERPOL’s Red Notices- Published and Unpublished)…
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
…
(This is the fourth post in a series about the CCF’s Annual Report for 2012)
In his speech to the General Assembly last month, the Chairman of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files raised several issues for the GA’s consideration, and among them was the invitation to work with the General Secretariat…
We’re in the middle of a series of posts about issues that are addressed in the 2012 Annual Report of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF). The question for today is probably the most common of all for Red Notice subjects who decide to seek the removal of their Red Notices: “How…
Paul Watson, founder of a marine wildlife conservation organization called the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has landed in the United States. Readers of this blog will recall that Mr. Watson had been exiled at sea for most of the last year because of outstanding Red Notices against him by both Japan and Costa Rica. The…
Last week, Bassama Al Jandaly of gulfnews reported that an alleged Italian mafia head was detained in Duabai based on a Red Notice issued at the request of Italian authorities. The suspect, Amadeo Matacena, is wanted in Italy for charges of colluding with the Italian mafia.
All news reports on this case indicate that local…
In the last post, I addressed the case of Mahmoud Ezzat, a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood who is believed to have fled Egypt and is wanted on charges listed as inciting murder and violence. The focus of that post was whether INTERPOL would agree to issue a Red Notice, particularly in light of…
Egyptian officials have reportedly requested that INTERPOL issue a Red Notice in the name of Mahmoud Ezzat, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. Mr. Ezzat was, until recently, a professor at Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine.
The Red Notice request is based upon the underlying charges of inciting murder and violence. Prosecuting Attorney General Hisham…
