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INTERPOL Red Notice requests for removal

By Michelle Estlund

July 7, 2020

In our final post in the series on the CCF’s data as reported in its annual report last year, today we’ll consider what happens to a case while it is under consideration by the CCF. The Commission reported that, in 112 of the 346 admissible complaints, …access to data recorded in INTERPOL’s files concerning the applicants was blocked as a precautionary measure, pending the finalization of the cases, from the moment serious doubts arose over…

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INTERPOL’s CCF- challenges and trends

By Michelle Estlund

June 30, 2020

Today’s post is a continuation of our series on INTERPOL’s CCF, its annual reports, and what the information in those reports might mean for a Red Notice subject seeking to have a Red Notice removed. In the CCF most recent annual report, the Commission conveyed its observations about a variety of subjects, including a growing workload, challenges within the organization, and the actions of its member countries’ National Central Bureaus (“NCBs”). On the topic of…

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Red notice removal requests- How many other cases will INTERPOL be reviewing at the same time as mine?

By Michelle Estlund

June 20, 2020

In our continued series on reviewing the CCF’s most recent annual report, found here, today’s post addresses the CCF’s workload, and how that might impact a request for a Red Notice removal. The CCF reported that in 2018, it reviewed the 1,422 finalized cases, including 536 complaints, 741 access requests, 97 applications for revision, and 48 other requests. The cases examined by the CCF included applicants who: wanted to know if their data was…

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INTERPOL and requests for information or removal- why is my request inadmissible?

By Michelle Estlund

June 15, 2020

Today’s post is a continuation in the discussion of the CCF’s most recent annual report, and how the information contained in it might affect Red Notice subjects. The CCF reported that, in 2018, it completed the processing of 1,422 cases, either because it reached a final conclusion in the cases, or because the requests never became admissible. Admissibility is a threshold that must be crossed in order for the CCF to examine a case. While…

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INTERPOL’s CCF- recent trends in Red Notice requests

By Michelle Estlund

June 8, 2020

In the current series of posts, I’ll examine the CCF’s most recent annual report, and what that report means for Red Notice subjects who are applying to have their notices removed or corrected. The CCF issues its annual reports for the previous years at INTERPOL’s annual assembly. The most current report available is the one issued for 2018 (the 2019 report should be published in a few months). The report, found here, addresses everything…

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INTERPOL and immigration- the significance of a Red Notice in U.S. proceedings

By Michelle Estlund

April 13, 2020

The United States Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals recently ruled that a Red Notice “may constitute reliable evidence that indicates the serious nonpolitical crime bar for asylum and withholding of removal applies to an alien.” This means that the Red Notice itself may be viewed by immigration officials as a sufficient reason to prevent an asylum claim or a withholding of removal claim from even being heard. The decision, found here, highlights…

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INTERPOL and Coronavirus- how is it affecting INTERPOL subjects?

By Michelle Estlund

March 20, 2020

The concerns held by Red Notice subjects who are working towards the removal of their Red Notices now also include the effect of the Coronavirus on the progress of their cases. While we cannot predict everything to come, here’s what we do know: The work required to challenge a Red Notice is largely capable of being done remotely, so for most people, it can continue. Naturally, law firms will have to make some adjustments to…

Red Notice Law Journal

Red Notices and the Dual Criminality Requirement

By Michelle Estlund

February 25, 2020

The main purpose of an INTERPOL Red Notice is for INTERPOL’s member countries to help each other find and extradite fugitives and bring them to justice. So why do we sometimes see a wanted person living openly in another country, without being extradited to the country where she is wanted by the authorities? A common requirement in extradition treaties is dual criminality requirement, meaning that the crime for which one country seeks the extradition of…

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Traveling as a Red Notice Subject

By Michelle Estlund

February 19, 2020

When an individual is wanted by any member country of INTERPOL, international travel always poses a risk of detention. When a member country uses its access to INTERPOL’s databases, it should be alerted to an individual’s status as the subject of a notice. Member countries handle such “hits” differently, with some treating a Red Notice as an arrest warrant, and others requiring a domestic warrant to be issued prior to detention. Red Notice subjects have…

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INTERPOL’s tools and the increase in searches for wanted individuals

By Michelle Estlund

January 21, 2020

(Today’s post is courtesy of guest author, Isabel Alcántara*) According to INTERPOL’s most recent Annual Report, police worldwide searched INTERPOL’s databases 5.4 billion times in 2018 [this is an increase of 18% from 2017]. The increase may be due to the implementation of new systems, such as: • The STADIA Knowledge Management System, which supports security of major events, such as sporting and political events. • The facial recognition database that was launched in 2016.…

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