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“Interpol issues a warrant for Carlos Ghosn's arrest” Interpol is neither a police force nor a court of law, and does not have the power to issue warrants.
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
“Interpol issues a warrant for Carlos Ghosn's arrest”
Interpol is neither a police force nor a court of law, and does not have the power to issue warrants.
- Waterluvian 7y agoThere's a great Stuff You Should Know podcast episode on Interpol. As you point out, they're not a police force. They're an international organization designed to help connect police forces together. They know who to call and have translation services, etc. A more apt description is that Interpol issued a notice stating that Japan wants this guy.
- sjs382 7y ago> A more apt description is that Interpol issued a notice stating that Japan wants this guy. Current article title is "Carlos Ghosn: Interpol issues 'red notice' for Nissan ex-boss's arrest"
- blondin 7y agoah man... i always thought that interpol was the more classy version of mi6.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoYes, whereas e.g. European Arrest Warrants are serious business (because unlike the UN, the EU has teeth).
- oefrha 7y agoExcept Interpol isn’t part of UN, so whether UN has teeth or not is pretty much irrelevant here.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoOh, sorry, you're quite right. I meant to check that first.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoAnd now Interpol is increasingly used by suspect regimes (not including Japan in that!, but I would include China or Russia, Saudi Arabia) against their political rivals. Because of China's actions, I think Interpol lost a lot of credibility.
- dynamite-ready 7y agoI'll admit to embellishing the title a little to make it somewhat easier to parse. I'd expect a 'Red Notice' from Interpol would have the weight of a warrant in a good number of countries though. At least as much authority to ensure an active search and detention. If he's ever found, of course.
- grzm 7y agoThe guidelines specifically ask you not to do this.
- dynamite-ready 7y agoUpdated.
- _-___________-_ 7y agoInterpol notices don't really have authority. They can cause an organisation that does have authority, like a national police force, to choose to search for and detain someone.
- roywiggins 7y agoHaving a red notice issued against you is a real pain in the ass: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/03/the-scourge-of-the-red-notice-interpol-uae-russia-china/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/03/the-scourge-of-the-red-... It's not an arrest warrant, but countries tend to just blindly trust them and they percolate down to street-level police automatically. Yeah, they chose to trust them in the first place, but there's often no case-by-case judgement happening until after the target has been detained.
- t0ddbonzalez 7y agoLebanon doesn't have an extradition agreement with Japan, so the 'red notice' won't have much effect unless Ghosn sets foot in a country which does...
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- tonfa 7y agoAlso France said they don't extradite their citizens, so he'd be safe there as well (but he's facing charges for a different issue in France).
- justincormack 7y agoHe is not currently facing charges in France, they are investigating.
- fennecfoxen 7y agoHe's also settled his cases with the SEC.
- Scoundreller 7y agoAn agreement just facilitates things. You can still be extradited without one. But the odds are low if the country has an overall attitude not to ever extradite their own citizens.