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France: INTERPOL Red Notices and Operation Pangea XVI- how INTERPOL helps police share information in cross-border investigations (Part 1 of 3)
Operation Pangea XVI INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea is an annual week-long operation which relies on the efforts of police, customs, regulatory bodies, and private sector companies to to dismantle the illegal networks that contribute to the sale of illegal and counterfeit drugs. This year’s operation spanned from October 3 to 10, taking place throughout 89 of...
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Lyon, France: INTERPOL’s CCF considered Red Notice removal requests in its final session of 2023
INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF’s) third session of the year occurred from October 16th to the 20th. As no further sessions are publicly scheduled for this year, this will likely be the last session during which the CCF will review INTERPOL notice subjects’ requests for notice removal and access to information. ...
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Europe (Lyon, France): INTERPOL’s CCF to hold its third session of the year
INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF’s) third session of the year will occur from October 16th to the 20th. If the CCF has no more sessions this year, this will be the last session that the CCF will review INTERPOL notice subjects’ requests for notice removal and access to information. The CCF’s...
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Lyon, France: INTERPOL and the media’s contribution to common misconceptions about its nature and mission
Over the past several decades, popular media has contributed to a widespread misunderstanding of INTERPOL and how it operates. The media often portrays INTERPOL as a body that sends out detectives or agents to arrest and apprehend criminals. This is not the case. As explained in a previous blog post here, INTERPOL receives information from...
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Lyon, France- update on the CCF’s session schedule, response times, and decisions
(today’s post is an update of a post earlier this year) Schedule for the remainder of 2022 The CCF’s April and June/July 2022 sessions have passed, and the Commission’s decisions from the most recent session are being delivered to applicants and their attorneys. If a pending case was not heard during this last session, it...
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Lyon, France- update on the CCF’s session schedule, response times, and decisions
(today’s post is an update of a post earlier this year) Schedule for the remainder of 2022 The CCF’s April and June/July 2022 sessions have passed, and the Commission’s decisions from the most recent session are being delivered to applicants and their attorneys. If a pending case was not heard during this last session, it...
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Lyon, France- the CCF’s session schedule, response times, and decisions
Schedule for the remainder of 2022 The CCF’s April 2022 session has passed, and the Commission’s decisions from that session are being delivered to applicants and their attorneys. If a pending case was not heard during this last session, it may be heard during one of the two remaining sessions this year, which are listed...
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Lyon, France- CCF decisions from 2021 Summer Session are being issued
INTERPOL’s CCF (the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files) has begun issuing its decisions from the most recent session. The most recent session was held from 28 June through 2 July, and we began receiving decisions last week. The new decisions show: The CCF is continuing to thoroughly examine the claims in the Red...
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INTERPOL Red Notices and Antiquity Theft, Part 2 of 3- Member Country Activity in France, Greece, Italy, the Slovak Republic, and Spain
In the last post, we addressed illegal antiquity sales, thefts, and the manner in which different countries address those issues. Given that antiquity sales and theft often involve cross-border transactions, INTERPOL may be involved in furthering the prosecution of these transactions. Red Notice subjects who are wanted for antiquities theft or illegal antiquities sale may...
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You’re Not the Boss of Me: How INTERPOL Got to Keep Its Headquarters in France, Without Being Governed by French Law (and Why Red Notice Subjects Have Access to Their Files)
As INTERPOL has developed over time, it has experienced the growing pains that normally attend any large and relatively complex entity, and also some that are more specific to its own, unusual functions. In his book that I love, The Legal Foundations of INTERPOL, Rutsel Silvestre J. Martha touched on one of these developments: the...