INTERPOL

INTERPOL's Role in Member Countries - No Messrs. Thompson and Thomson

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 5/13/2013

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

Update on The Innocent Red Notice Client: When INTERPOL is Used Improperly by Member Countries

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 5/8/2013

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

Egypt's Misuse of INTERPOL- Is it limited to political cases?

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 4/30/2013

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

Venezuela Post-Chavez- More of the Same INTERPOL Abuse?

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 4/22/2013

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

INTERPOL's Red Notice on Redoine Faid

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 4/19/2013

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

Red Notices from a Victim's Perspective

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 4/11/2013

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

INTERPOL Member Countries- Who's In And Who's Out?

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 4/10/2013

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...more

INTERPOL's Red Notices- Published and Unpublished

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 3/25/2013

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...more

INTERPOL's I-link system: Growing Pains

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 3/7/2013

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,...more

INTERPOL and Religion

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 2/19/2013

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

Egypt's Trial of NGO Workers: We are Still Watching

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 1/28/2013

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

INTERPOL Denies Any Withdrawal from Relationship with Iraq

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 1/8/2013

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

Update on INTERPOL's Red Notice for TCI's Michael Misick: Part 2

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 1/2/2013

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...more

Update on INTERPOL's Red Notice for TCI's Michael Misick: Part 1

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 1/2/2013

Earlier this year, the issue of Michael Misick's Red Notice was addressed here. The next two posts are updates on Mr. Misick's case. ...more

In Perfect Harmony: the CCF and the General Secretariat of INTERPOL

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 12/17/2012

Today's post is the third in a series of posts addressing the CCF's Annual Report for 2011 and focuses on the relationship between the CCF and the General Secretariat....more

Mother, May I? The Effect Of An INTERPOL Challenge On Extradition Proceedings

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 12/14/2012

In a continuation of a series of posts about the CCF's Annual Report for 2011, today's post focuses on a perhaps surprising, but apparently common, occurence in INTERPOL member country courts around the world....more

INTERPOL's Red Notices: Sometimes, It Ain't Over Even When it's Over

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 12/13/2012

For the next several posts, the focus of this blog will be on the issues raised and discussed in the 2011 Annual Report by the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files ("CCF"), found here. Every year, the CCF issues its...more

INTERPOL's Fight with Corruption: Round and Round We Go

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 12/5/2012

INTERPOL's role in the world of law enforcement, boiled down to its bare bones, is to aid its member countries with two things: 1) alerting them to the movement of wanted persons, and 2) assisting in the apprehension of...more

My Red Notice Disappeared from INTERPOL's Website - Now What?

by The Law Office of Michelle A. Estlund, P.A. on 11/29/2012

A fellow attorney contacted me recently with a common question. The inquiry was as follows...more

Physicians and Pharmacies Must Be Aware of the Dangers and Potential Penalties Associated with Importing Prescription Drugs

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 10/11/2012

Introduction - As the price of healthcare continues to increase, healthcare practitioners have become more innovative and creative in their attempts to keep costs affordable for their patients. One technique which has...more

Operation Pangea V: A Global Attack on Online Prescription Drug Pharmacies

by Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL on 10/5/2012

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in partnership with multiple international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, targeted over 4,100 internet pharmacies that allegedly sell potentially dangerous, unapproved...more

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