The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A.

In the 2011 film version of The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret ofthe Unicorn, part of the plot concerned two detectives who were "INTERPOL agents" investigating a crime. The two detectives look very similar to one another…more

This post was originally published on July 18, 2011; this is an updated version. Today's post addresses an insightful and very personal comment that was posted here. The author of that comment noted, correctly, that…more

We know that Egypt has attempted to utilize its access to INTERPOL's databases for political reasons against people who posed ideological threats to the current government, and more recently, to a political opponent of its…more

Now that Nicolas Maduro is the President of Venezuela, most hopes of political reform in Venezuela have been dashed, at least for the next six years..…more

When most people think of someone who is listed on INTERPOL's wanted pages, they likely imagine someone exactly like Redoine Faid, the French gangster who blasted his way through multiple prison doors in order to escape from…more

Most of the time, the posts for this blog are geared towards the subjects of Red Notices and their attorneys. Today, however, the focus is on crime victims and their involvement with Red Notices. A man wrote to me recently to…more

I received a question from a reader this week who was interested in knowing which countries were actually INTERPOL member countries. INTERPOL keeps an updated list of its member countries on its website on this page. Each member…more

The offices of Amnesty International in Russia were recently raided as part of an "audit," as reported in the New York Times by David Herszenhorn and Andrew Roth, here. Amnesty International is a leading non-governmental…more

One of the most frustrating experiences encountered by Red Notice subjects is what one might expect to be a simple process of finding out whether they are actually Red Notice subjects. Once a person has been charged or convicted…more

I was recently contacted by a representative of a financial watch list compliance organization. He had an interesting question: How valuable is the information in INTERPOL's website? His goal was to determine whether the…more

When INTERPOL introduced its I-link system, the goal of the system was to provide its member countries with near-instant access to one another's shared information about wanted subjects. While that goal clearly has been met, it…more

INTERPOL is dedicated to providing global cooperation between the law enforcement agencies for all of its member countries. Obviously, the primary goal of an organization such as INTERPOL is enforcement of the laws of its…more

The last time Red Notice Law Journal addressed the issue of NGO workers charged with crimes in Egypt, it was here, with the focus being on the fact that NGO workers and journalists are critical in the work of evaluating human…more

Yesterday, numerous media outlets reported that INTERPOL had suspended its involvement with member country Iraq. Those reports were made (see article below for links). The purported basis for the suspension was a lack of…more

In the last post, I addressed the latest events in the case of Michael Misick, former Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). Today's post is a continuation of that discussion and an update of a related post from earlier this…more