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What crimes are reported to INTERPOL?

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What crimes are reported to INTERPOL? A person wanted for any crime can be reported to INTERPOL. Most often it is more serious crimes with more serious penalties that are the subjects of Red Notices. We most frequently see...more

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INTERPOL Red Notices and Diffusions: Legal Risks, Immigration Consequences, and Strategic Defense

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Introduction - INTERPOL—the International Criminal Police Organization—facilitates international cooperation among law enforcement agencies in locating and apprehending fugitives across borders. Central to this system are...more

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

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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

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China: INTERPOL Red Notice Abuse And Government Seizing Assets (Post 2 of 2)

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In our last post, we addressed the ongoing issue of China’s abuse of Red Notices against people who owned very successful businesses and against dissidents. Today, we’ll consider a primary goal of certain criminal cases being...more

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

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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

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Rolling Down Hill: Qualified Immunity’s Role in Prolonging Mistaken-Identity Arrests

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A 1971 Supreme Court Decision of Doubtful Vitality Thwarts § 1983 Liability for Mistaken-Identity Arrests and Stifles Development of Clear Constitutional Rules - Kafka would love qualified immunity.1 Not only does current...more

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INTERPOL and Politically Motivated Red Notices - What We Can Learn from INTERPOL’s Annual Reports.

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Michelle Estlund knows that being wanted by INTERPOL is often frightening, isolating, and unjust. She has the proven track record of success with INTERPOL cases, and she uses that knowledge every day to help clients get their...more

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Brazil: INTERPOL’s Executive Committee Recommends Valdecy Urquiza As The Organization’s Next Secretary General (Post 2 of 2)

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Our last post addressed the likely  confirmation of Brazil’s Valdecy Urquiza as INTERPOL’s next Secretary General. Today’s post will focus on the possible implications of Mr. Urquiza holding this position....more

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Ecuador: Estlund Law Obtains Removal Of Client’s Three Outstanding Interpol Red Notices

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Miami, Florida, U.S.A.- Estlund Law has successfully obtained the removal of three Red Notices for our client, Arturo Escobar. Mr. Escobar was accused of bribery, organized crime, and money laundering in Ecuador and Panama....more

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What are the different types of notices used by INTERPOL?

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Michelle Estlund knows that being wanted by INTERPOL is often frightening, isolating, and unjust. She has the proven track record of success with INTERPOL cases, and she uses that knowledge every day to help clients get their...more

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Switzerland: INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea XVI- INTERPOL’s Focus on Fraud (Part 3 of 3)

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The last post in this series explored the pattern of erectile dysfunction drugs being the most seized substance by INTERPOL along with the risks of corruption within the operation. Today’s post will explore the ways in which...more

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What is the difference between a RCN and RN?

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What is the difference between a RCN and RN? Michelle Estlund knows that being wanted by INTERPOL is often frightening, isolating, and unjust. She has the proven track record of success with INTERPOL cases, and she uses...more

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What isn't a Red Notice?

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What isn't a Red Notice? Clients usually know what a Red Notice is, but often don't understand what it isn't, and that's important. A Red Notice is not an arrest warrant, although some countries treated as one. It's also...more

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INTERPOL Red Notice Abuse: a discussion

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I recently had the pleasure of speaking with fellow practitioners Yuriy Nemets of Nemets Law and Ben Keith of 5 Saint Andrew’s Hill in a segment of the Nemets Law-hosted webinar series...more

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How Does the Extradition Process Work for Criminal Matters?

Extradition in common language, is understood as the process under which one country, on the request of another country, returns a requested person, to the requested country, based on crimes committed by the requested person...more

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INTERPOL Red Notice removal: Russian banking case

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Miami, Florida, U.S.A.- Estlund Law, P.A., has achieved the removal of a Red Notice in the case of a client who had been targeted in a politically motivated case from Russia....more

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What’s the difference between a Red Corner Notice and a Red Notice?

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What's the difference between a Red Corner Notice and a Red Notice? In some countries, such as India, a red notice is often referred to as an RCN or Red Corner Notice. Some countries might call it an international arrest...more

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Justice Department Indicts Vitol Oil Trader in International Bribery and Money Laundering Conspiracy for Corrupt Payments to...

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A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment against Javier Aguilar, an oil trader at Vitol, an energy and commodity trading company, for his role in a five-year international bribery and...more

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INTERPOL’s Blue Notices

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INTERPOL’s Red Notice is not the only alert that INTERPOL’s member countries use in their efforts to locate an alleged criminal. In fact, INTERPOL issues some notices to locate people who have not been charged with a crime....more

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

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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

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Will INTERPOL Issue a Red Notice Against an Innocent Person?

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Clients who are the subjects of Red Notices frequently and understandably feel a sense of outrage over the fact that a Red Notice has been issued against them when they are in fact innocent of the charges in the underlying...more

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International Efforts to Combat Guatemalan Money Laundering Schemes Nets High-Profile Arrest and Guilty Plea

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Arrest is Culmination of Elaborate FBI Sting Targeting Banker Who Allegedly Catered to Drug Dealers - On November 12, 2019, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida announced two key money-laundering...more

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[Webinar] What You Need to Know When Government Investigators Knock - December 4th, 2:00 pm ET

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Receiving notice that the government is investigating your organization, employees or corporate and/or scientific practice can be a cause for alarm – but it doesn’t have to be. Former federal prosecutors and Jackson Lewis...more

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Extradition: Back to the Future (with no flux capacitor)

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In the likely scenario of a "no-deal" Brexit, the UK's extradition arrangements will be going 'Back to the Future'. The UK will cease its participation in the European Arrest Warrant ("EAW") regime and revert to the 1959...more

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Criminal Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality References Guilty Plea of Orleans Parish Individual for...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a January 23rd news release stating that Bryant Joseph Ballard pleaded guilty on January 18th in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for illegal disposal of...more

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