Interpol Red Corner Notice: Speaking after inaugurating the 90th General Assembly of Interpol in New Delhi on Tuesday (October 18), Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the international agency to expedite the process of Red Corner notices against fugitive criminals. PM Modi stressed that the move was important to help eliminate terror groups and the corrupt, and safe havens for criminals.
“Yes, there are diverse legal and procedural frameworks to deal with them. However, the global community needs to act even faster to eliminate safe havens. Any safe haven for the corrupt, terrorists, drug cartels, poaching Can’t be. Gangs or organized crime,” PM Modi said, adding that “Interpol can help by speeding up red corner notices for fugitive criminals.”
PM Modi’s statement is significant as there are around 778 red notices issued by India out of which 205 are being issued by CBI for fugitives like Dawood Ibrahim, his associate Chhota Shakeel, terrorists Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed and economic offenders like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi. are against. among others.
What is Interpol?
Interpol or the International Criminal Police Organization is an intergovernmental organization with 195 countries as its members. “We have 195 member countries, and we help police all of them to work together to make the world a safer place. To do this, we help them share and access data on crimes and criminals. and we offer a range of technical and operational support,” the official website of Interpol states.
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Interpol, headquartered in Lyon, France, has a general secretariat that helps coordinate day-to-day work. Jurgen Stock currently serves as the Secretary General of Interpol.
Interpol has a National Central Bureau (NCB) in each country that serves as a central point of contact for the General Secretariat and NCBs, which are manned by police officers and usually sit in the government ministry responsible for policing – (This Ministry of Home Affairs in India).
Interpol manages 19 police databases that contain information on crimes and criminals (from names and fingerprints to stolen passports), which is accessible to countries in real time, the agency’s website explains.
what is red corner notice
Often high profile terrorists or criminals move out of the country where they commit crimes to escape the action of security agencies. One country can help the police and security establishments in other countries to apprehend or trace a fugitive by issuing a Red Corner Notice. According to Interpol, a Red Notice is a request for law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action. However, a red notice is not an international arrest warrant.
Individuals are sought by the requesting Member State, or by an international tribunal. Member countries apply their own laws in deciding whether to arrest a person.
“The Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant, and Interpol may not compel any Member State to arrest a person who is the subject of a Red Notice. It is the merit of a case for Interpol or to be taken by national courts.” The decision taken is not to judge. – It is a sovereign matter,” Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock had said during a press conference a day before PM Modi’s remarks.
(with inputs from agencies)