A primary concern for clients who seek to remove Red Notices from INTERPOL’s databases is what happens after they succeed in their efforts. There are many purposes for seeking the removal of a Red Notice, but a main focus for most clients is to be able to travel more easily and without the concern that
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INTERPOL and the tax man
By Michelle Estlund on
Posted in INTERPOL's Tools and Practices, Uncategorized
A reader recently sent in the following questions:
Can you tell me would the IRS issue a diffusion notice in a civil tax audit involving offshore banking? Would Interpol even accept a diffusion notice on a non criminal case? And if so what does that mean to a person travelling?
The reader rightly questions whether…
https://www.rednoticelawjournal.com/2014/04/in-the-march-10th-post/
By Michelle Estlund on
In the March 10th post for this blog, I addressed the widespread failure of INTERPOL member countries to make use of INTERPOL’s stolen passport database, and anticipated that Malaysia would seek to improve its efforts to detect lost and stolen passports among travellers.
This past Friday, the Canadian Press reported here that a Malaysian airline…
Will a Red Notice Subject be Caught When Traveling? Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Illustrates Why the Answer is Elusive
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…
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I have addressed this topic previously here (under INTERPOL’s Red Notices- Published and Unpublished)…
Traveling as a Red Notice Subject- How INTERPOL works with member countries to apprehend fugitives
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…
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…
Diffusions, Revisited
In last week’s post on the Egyptian (since failed) effort to obtain Red Notices against NGO staff members, the focus was on the Red Notice aspect of the issue. One of the readers, however, sent in this comment:
Great article and thanks. But you did not mention how diffusion notices bypass any oversight or appeal…