What is a Blue Notice, and why should a Red Notice subject care?
A Blue Notice asks countries to collect information about a person's identity, location or activities — no arrest. It often precedes a Red Notice and is challenged the same way.
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Can INTERPOL circulate a Red Notice against a refugee?
Not at the request of the country the refugee fled, under INTERPOL's refugee policy, formalised by its General Assembly in 2017. The conditions, and how to prove status.
Can a country re-issue a Red Notice after the CCF deletes it?
A CCF deletion binds INTERPOL, not the requesting country, which can seek revision on new facts or request a new notice. What the rules allow, and how to watch for it.
What is a correction request, and when is it better than deletion?
A correction request asks the CCF to make INTERPOL's record accurate rather than remove it: a refused extradition noted, a charge updated. When accuracy beats erasure.
What happens if I am arrested on a Red Notice abroad?
A provisional arrest starts two clocks: the requesting country's deadline to send a formal extradition request, and your own first 72 hours. What the law provides.
What is INTERPOL's Article 3, the "political character" rule?
Article 3 of INTERPOL's Constitution forbids intervention of a political, military, religious or racial character. How the predominance test works, and what engages it.
How much does it cost to remove a Red Notice?
INTERPOL charges nothing — the CCF takes no fee. Professional help runs from US$15,000 to well over US$150,000 in the one published guide. What drives the cost.
Can a Red Notice be issued for a debt?
Not under INTERPOL's rules: debts, bounced cheques and broken contracts are private matters, excluded by Article 83. Yet debts become fraud charges, and fraud charges become notices.
How does a CCF revision application work?
A CCF decision is final — unless a new fact that would probably have changed it comes to light. Then a revision application, within six months, in ten pages at most.
Can my bank or employer see my Red Notice?
Police see every Red Notice; the public sees only published extracts. But a public extract flows into the screening databases banks and employers use — and stays there.
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INTERPOL expert, chartered accountant, former CFO, and a Red Notice subject myself in 2019.
My case was reported by Reuters.