INTERPOL's Red Notice Leading the Hunt for International Fugitives

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INTERPOL's Red Notice Leading the Hunt for International Fugitives PR Newswire DALLAS, June 21, 2012 DALLAS, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Small Medium Business-The Alliance: From its headquarters in Lyon, France, INTERPOL's police network spans its 190 member countries enabling it to consistently assist in the pursuit of fugitives for both high profile and lesser-known crimes. As a result of years of films and novels glamorizing INTERPOL agents as fast-draw superheroes, there is still some public confusion regarding what they do and how they do it. One of INTERPOL's most effective "tools" is the Red Notice, which has assisted in the apprehension of thousands of wanted persons this past year. Last month, Luka Magnotta was charged with murdering his former lover, Jun Lin, in Montreal, Canada and mailing body parts to the Canadian Prime Minister and schools around that country. Canadian police identified Magnotta as the probable killer and issued their warrant for his arrest copying INTERPOL through its National Central Bureau in Ottawa. Hours later, the warrant seeking Magnotta's arrest had been reviewed byHours later, the warrant seeking Magnotta's arrest had been reviewed by INTERPOL, translated into INTERPOL's four official languages (English, French, Spanish, Arabic), attached to a Red Notice and electronically circulated to all 190 INTERPOL members.

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INTERPOL's Red Notice Leading the Hunt for

International Fugitives

PR Newswire

DALLAS, June 21, 2012

DALLAS

,

June 21, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the

Small Medium Business-The Alliance:

From its headquarters in

Lyon, France

, INTERPOL's police network spans its 190

member countries enabling it to consistently assist in the pursuit of fugitives for

both high profile and lesser-known crimes. As a result of years of films and

novels glamorizing INTERPOL agents as fast-draw superheroes, there is still

some public confusion regarding what they do and how they do it.

One of INTERPOL's most effective "tools" is the Red Notice, which has assisted

in the apprehension of thousands of wanted persons this past year.

Last month, Luka Magnotta was charged with murdering his former lover, Jun

Lin, in

Montreal, Canada

and mailing body parts to the Canadian Prime Minister

and schools around that country. Canadian police identified Magnotta as the

probable killer and issued their warrant for his arrest copying INTERPOL

through its National Central Bureau in

Ottawa

.

Hours later, the warrant seeking Magnotta's arrest had been reviewed by

INTERPOL, translated into INTERPOL's four official languages (English, French,

Spanish, Arabic), attached to a Red Notice and electronically circulated to all

190 INTERPOL members. The Red Color of INTERPOL's emblem on the Notice

signals police to stop the person and determine if their national laws will permit

the fugitive to be detained until

Canada

can seek his formal extradition.

When you operate in 190 countries with different legal systems, languages and

relationships with one another, you must have a system that is easy to

understand and use as well as one that respects the sovereign right of each

member country to decide if and how it wishes to cooperate with judicial

authorities and police of another country. For this reason, the INTERPOL Red

Notice is not an arrest warrant and is not binding on an INTERPOL member

country unless that country decides to make it binding.

Its purpose is to provide countries with information to protect their borders and

citizens from fugitives seeking to enter their country while being hunted

internationally. The Red Notice has been described as a Wanted Poster with

teeth that appears around the world in minutes and includes a picture of the

accused, a description of the offense, a supporting arrest warrant and a

commitment by the country requesting it to seek the extradition of the person

sought.

Magnotta had flown from

Montreal

to

Paris

before authorities were aware of his

crime, so he was not stopped at either airport as he would have been had the

Red Notice been distributed before his attempted flight. Meanwhile, because of

the sensational nature of the crime, the story reached the public through media

reports even as police in many countries searched.

Two days later, Magnotta, who had arrived by bus, visited an Internet cafe in

Berlin

. The cafe's owner and other customers immediately recognized him.

Police were called and he was in custody in a matter of minutes.

"Public awareness and public support for police in the search for any criminal is

perhaps the most important advantage our society maintains, whether hunting

terrorists or those accused of individual horrendous crimes like Magnotta," said

INTERPOL's Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble.

Meanwhile, 5,700 miles from

Germany

in

Cambodia

, Alexander Tro-fimov, a

Russian national, was being arrested by authorities responding to a Red Notice

issued by INTERPOL at the request of

Russia

. Tro-fimov, a known pedophile,

was wanted by

Russia

for sex crimes against children.

Former Colombian model Angie Sanclemente Valencia, also the subject of a

Red Notice, was suspected of recruiting young women to smuggle cocaine from

Argentina

to

Europe

via

Mexico

. She was arrested in

Buenos Aires

by

Argentinean police after INTERPOL's Fugitive Investigative Support (FIS) unit,

working with police in

Buenos Aires

,

Bogota

and

Mexico City

, provided

information to Argentinean police on her whereabouts and travel plans.

After her arrest, INTERPOL's Secretary-General Noble said, "This case has

proven to be a perfect model of international police co-operation, combining

action by our National Central Bureaus on the ground and our ability to instantly

share information on wanted persons via our Fugitive Unit at our

Lyon

headquarters."

INTERPOL will issue Red Notices only "if it is satisfied that all the conditions for

processing the information have been fulfilled." For example, a Notice will not

be published if it violates Article 3 of the INTERPOL Constitution, forbidding any

intervention or activities of a predominantly "political, military, religious or

racial character."

This past year, INTERPOL declined a request by

Egypt

to issue Red Notices for

15 individuals - 12 American, 2 Lebanese and 1 Jordanian national - with links to

several US-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) after ruling that

Egypt

's request was a political matter.

In 2011, 7,958 persons were arrested or detained following the publication of

INTERPOL Notices. Among the notable successes were:

-Joran Van der Sloot, a Dutch national suspected in

Aruba

in the case of the

missing American Natalee Holloway. He was arrested in

Chile

after circulation

of a Red Notice based on warrants issued by

Peru

and

the United States

. His

transfer in custody wearing an INTERPOL flak jacket was seen worldwide.

-Austrian police arrested and extradited Ali Achekzai, an Afghani national,

based on a Red Notice and INTERPOL's matching of a DNA linking him to violent

sexual attacks in

California

over a seven-year period. He was sentenced to 61

years to life.

-Dragan Vasiljkovic, a suspected Bosnian war criminal and the subject of a Red

Notice issued at the request of

Croatia

, was arrested in

Australia

and

extradited.

"People must remember that INTERPOL's strength comes from countries where

fugitives have fled alerting police worldwide via INTERPOL Red Notices to use

their national powers and judicial authorities to identify, locate and detain these

dangerous fugitives before they can do more harm or escape justice. All too

often, local authorities don't get enough credit for their outstanding law

enforcement work," says Secretary-General Noble.

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