Should You Try to Remove a Red Notice Yourself?
Red Notice and Immigration
INTERPOL and Politically Motivated Red Notices - What We Can Learn from INTERPOL’s Annual Reports
INTERPOL and Child Kidnapping Cases
What do you do when you find out that you are the subject of a Red Notice?
Who regulates INTERPOL?
Three Things The CCF Won’t Do and Why
How can law enforcement officials access and use the INTERPOL notice system?
What are the different types of Notices used by INTERPOL?
What is the INTERPOL watch list?
I often receive the question, “Can INTERPOL make arrests in the United States?”
The JustPod: International Prisoner Transfers: A Conversation with Bruce Zagaris
What crimes are reported to INTERPOL?
Is it true that INTERPOL hates politics?
How confidential is a request to access or challenge information in INTERPOL’s files?
Do you have a right to access your information with INTERPOL?
How many member countries does INTERPOL have?
What is a NationalCentralBureau or an NCB?
Who are the decision makers at INTERPOL’s CCF?
What if the CCF denies my request for the removal of my Red Notice?
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Michelle Estlund knows that being wanted by INTERPOL is often frightening, isolating, and unjust. She has a proven track record of success with INTERPOL cases, and she uses that knowledge every day to help clients get their...more
Executive Summary - An INTERPOL Red Notice is one of the most powerful and most frequently misunderstood tools in international law enforcement cooperation. It is often described in the media as an “international arrest...more
The last post in this series addressed a Silver Notice issued against Karan A. Chanana, the chairman and managing director of Amira Pure Foods. Today’s post will break down the purpose of each notice and explore what would...more
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Introduction: Facing an Interpol Red Notice is a serious international legal event, not a minor administrative issue. Individuals subject to Red Notices frequently encounter airport detentions, travel bans, immigration...more
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Today’s post concludes our series on INTERPOL’s CCF’s 2024 Activity Report. Our first post in this series explored how the CCF’s delays are problematic for notice subjects, NCBs, and INTERPOL itself. Today’s post will explain...more
INTERPOL is not a global police force, and it doesn’t have the power to arrest anyone. It’s a coordination platform—an international system that lets member countries share data and request cooperation through standardized...more
Today’s post will address Article 3 of INTERPOL’s constitution and why it exists. When an INTERPOL member country’s Red Notice request appears to be predominantly motivated by political, military, religious, or racial...more
Today’s post will address political motivation requests from INTERPOL member countries, and the effect they have on individuals as well as the organization as a whole....more
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INTERPOL is soon to host its 93rd General Assembly (GA) from the 24th to the 27th of November in Marrakech, Morocco....more
En mayo de 2025, Costa Rica reformó el Artículo 32 de su Constitución para permitir la extradición de ciudadanos costarricenses en casos de narcotráfico internacional y terrorismo. Este cambio histórico pone fin a una...more
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