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
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Red Notices and INTERPOL’s treatment of convictions obtained through trials in absentia
Today’s post addresses the following question sent in by a reader:
I would like to ask you the follow question:
Can a member country of Interpol get a red notice, if this country has sentenced a person in absence, without this person was stopped and obviously without having knowledge that in some country she was …
Red Notices: Questions from the Audience
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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An INTERPOL Red Notice may not be an arrest warrant, but it sure does feel like one
Discussions about INTERPOL’s Red Notices often include the fact that these notices are not actually arrest warrants. When INTERPOL’s member countries issue Red Notices for worldwide circulation, the notices are meant to act as alerts for other member countries when wanted individudals interact with their law enforcement officials.
Once alerted to that fact that…
Fair Trials International, Benny Wenda, and INTERPOL: Congratulations
As reported here by Ian Johnston of MSNBC, Fair Trials International received word that its work on behalf of Indonesian dissident Benny Wenda has paid off. The Red Notice that had been issued in Mr. Wenda’s name was recognized by INTERPOL as being politically motivated and therefore improper. INTERPOL removed the Red Notice accordingly.
Once…
Extradition of a Red Notice Subject
A reader recently posed this question:
I would like to know if you can asnwer my questions. I know of a person, Ethiopian citizen, which has been red-noticed. The individual has committed crimes in the US and has been now hiding for the past 14 years in Ethiopia. I have met this man and he
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INTERPOL and the Necessity of Early Risk Assessment for International Businesses
Once upon a time, a business with interests abroad had little reason to consider INTERPOL in its evaluation of whether to accept international business opportunities. That time is no longer.
As INTERPOL grows and its member countries have increasing contact with one another both politically and economically, so grows the need for private businesses to…
Red Notices and INTERPOL: Who’s on the List?
By Michelle Estlund on
Having recently read a few items regarding people who believe they may be Red Notice subjects, I think it’s probably a good time to clarify the matter of Red Notice publication.
Anyone reading this blog probably knows that INTERPOL has its own website which includes a page for Red Notice subject searches. What people often…
INTERPOL’s Old Rules: A Moment of Silence
By Michelle Estlund on
Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices
INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) recently finished its last session under the governance of INTERPOL’s existing rules. The CCF began and completed its session in late May. Several of INTERPOL’s governing sets of rules will be abrogated by the new Rules on the Processing of Data, which become effective on…
How INTERPOL’s CCF Can Reduce Its Backlog and Become More Efficient
In the last post, we addressed the fact that the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) is still required under its operating rules to meet only three times per year. This requirement has remained the same in spite of the fact that the Commission’s requests for relief have continued to increase over the…