Corruption, Red Notices, INTERPOL

The Italian Mafia, Interpol and unrecovered billions: the global battle over organized crime money

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 3/3/2025

In early January 2025, Interpol published its first Silver Notice seeking information about assets held worldwide by a senior member of the Italian mafia. The Silver Notice is the latest addition to Interpol’s suite of...more

Turkey, Egypt: INTERPOL Member Countries Abusing Red Notices To Target Journalists

Estlund Law, P.A. on 10/18/2024

Our last post detailed cases of member countries abusing or attempting to abuse INTERPOL to target specific journalists. Those cases are not at all unique; INTERPOL abuse by its member countries has been documented for years....more

Brazil, Turkey And Nigeria- Examples Of INTERPOL Member Countries Abusing Red Notices To Target Journalists

Estlund Law, P.A. on 10/17/2024

Member countries abusing Red Notices to target reporters is a particularly heinous form of repression and political persecution. Today’s post will address specific instances of INTERPOL’s tools being used to silence or...more

Global Entry Cards, Visas, and Red Notices- Post 1 of 2

Estlund Law, P.A. on 9/24/2024

In an increasingly globalized world, travel and international mobility are more essential than ever. Programs such as the United States’ Global Entry trusted traveler program, which expedite customs and immigration processes...more

Turkey: Dozens of INTERPOL Red Notice Subjects Detained: Turkey’s Continued Abuse of INTERPOL (post 2 of 2)

Estlund Law, P.A. on 1/18/2024

The first post in this series discussed Turkey’s recent detention of 56 individuals being sought with Red Notices. Today’s post will describe Turkey’s turbulent history with INTERPOL and how it affects the country’s...more

DOJ's Antitrust Division Convicts Seventh Foreign Executive Following Extradition Proceedings

Morgan Lewis on 1/27/2020

The latest extradition of a foreign executive highlights ongoing efforts by the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to arrest foreign executives abroad in order to face charges in the United States....more

Red Notices and INTERPOL- can Red Notices be issued for non-criminal cases?

Estlund Law, P.A. on 6/20/2019

A reader recently posed the following question: “Is it a prerequisite for a Red notice that the notice pertains to a criminal offense in the issuing country?”...more

INTERPOL suspends FIFA donation funds, but what happens to the money now, and what happens to INTERPOL?

Estlund Law, P.A. on 6/15/2015

Last week, I addressed INTERPOL’s listing of several individuals who are wanted for prosecution by the United States for FIFA-related financial crimes. That post is here. In light of those listings, RNLJ requested...more

Why Russia's corruption problem is also INTERPOL's problem

Estlund Law, P.A. on 9/12/2014

INTERPOL has received improper requests for Red Notices from Russia in the past, and all current indicators point to a worsening of the situation rather than an improvement....more

Red Notice Newsletter - March 2014

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/12/2014

This month on the anticorruption front, a New York court orders two former Siemens executives to pay record civil penalties in a bribery case involving the company’s Argentina business; Canada prosecutes former executives...more

Still a good idea - how INTERPOL can protect itself from its corrupt member countries

Estlund Law, P.A. on 8/12/2013

This post is an updated version of the original, which was published in July of 2011. How could INTERPOL shield itself from being used as a political weapon against a corrupt country's own people? In a previous post,...more

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