Topic Post 1: Red Notice Abuse



In the weeks leading up to the conference, we, the Interpol dais, will be posting relevant articles and informative pieces relating to our two topics. If you would like us to explore a particular area within one of the two topics, send us an email about it and we will try our best to find a supporting article!


Today, we'd like to share The Scourge of the Red Notice, a report that was published by Foreign Policy last December. The case study which it uses to introduce the topic is of Pancho Campo, a Spanish event organizer and former Olympian. Campo was detained in the United States after a Red Notice was issued against him by the United Arab Emirates, who the author alleges "uses [Interpol] as its private international debt collection agency". This article does a great job of summarizing the current scope of the issue, describing some of the key players, and analyzing the effectiveness of Interpol's past reforms. We highly recommend you give it a quick read, and see if it is useful in your research.

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  1. The People's Republic of ChinaMarch 1, 2019 at 10:29 AM

    In this article, issuing red notices for small and minor crimes including credit card debt, bounced checks, and business disputes was addressed. China feels that if these crimes are minor and if they don’t involve a large monetary amount, red notices should not be issued. If a crime is minor it would be a misuse of resources. There should be regulations on what red notices should be carried out. China propose a subcommittee/panel that is dependent to INTERPOL. This panel would determine what is a good use of INTERPOL’s resources, and which red notices should be carried out.

    Also in this article, the topic of China issuing red notices that would extradite dissidents was brought up. The article portrayed political red notices as abuses of the system, however it is important to note that these are not abuses but instead China’s way of carrying out their duty to protect their citizens. An individual who negatively portrays the government is a potential threat the a nation’s prosperity and stability. Every nation has the duty to protect, provide prosperity, provide safety and provide stability to their citizens, and this is simply China’s way of carrying out this duty.

    Thank you,
    The People’s Republic of China

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