Some of the best advice I ever received was from a professor who told my law school class to “knock off the legal mumbo-jumbo” and just speak plainly, so people can understand you. When lawyers speak in legal-ese or in industry terms, the only people who really understand them are other lawyers, and other people
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INTERPOL’s Red Notices and How the U.S. Government Treats Red Notice Subjects
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…
INTERPOL’s Need for Reform as Recommended by Fair Trials International
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.
INTERPOL’s Need for Reform as Recommended by Fair Trials International
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.
Travel as a Red Notice Subject
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I have addressed this topic previously here (under INTERPOL’s Red Notices- Published and Unpublished)…
Removing an INTERPOL Red Notice- Where to start
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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How long does it take for INTERPOL to answer a request? The CCF’s 2012 Annual Report
By Michelle Estlund on
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…
Red Notice Request from Egypt- How Will INTERPOL Respond?
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…
My Red Notice Disappeared from INTERPOL’s Website- Now What?
By Michelle Estlund on
A fellow attorney contacted me recently with a common question. The inquiry was as follows:
After I requested that a Red Notice against my client be removed, I received no answer, but it disappeared from INTERPOL’s website. Can I assume that it has been removed?
As with any question about assumptions, the answer is that…
How Are INTERPOL Red Notices Like a Woman’s Memory?
By Michelle Estlund on
A reader posted this comment recently:
Just wanted to know if a person committed a crime 28 years ago and has been on the run ever since, would that individual be on the Interpol red list if he tries to fly internationally?
We naturally assume that the question is merely one of curiousity, and posed…