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Just a quick note on INTERPOL since the original title was misleading. [1] INTERPOL is basically an information sharing organization that connects police force
by nataz 7y ago
Just a quick note on INTERPOL since the original title was misleading. [1]
INTERPOL is basically an information sharing organization that connects police forces in different countries.
It has no authority on of it's own. It's not a police force or law enforcement agency. It can't issue warrants or make arrests.
Basically, they are the holders of a bunch of databases that each country's official poc (national coordinating body - "NCB") can query, enter data into, and receive notices from.
Notices come in different colors. A red notice is an information alert by the host county (Japan in this case) to other national police forces that a subject is wanted for prosecution. Other country's police forces can choose what they want to do with this request. A red notice is not an indication of guilt.
Most red notices are restricted to only law enforcement officials and the subject/public won't even know about them. This makes sense if you are actually trying to capture someone.
You make a notice public for two reasons.
1, you need the public's help in finding someone. That's not the case here since we know where the target is.
2, you are making a political point.
I suspect Japan's legal and law enforcement community was seriously embarrassed. If they actually wanted to/thought they could capture him, they would have reached out discreetly to other agencies via a law enforcement only read notice/and or other diplomatic means.
INTERPOL is a fascinating international organization and it's interesting to watch all the geopolitics play out.
[1] source: occasionally work with INTERPOL as a consultant/subject matter expert
- JumpCrisscross 7y ago> Other country's police forces can choose what they want to do with this request Practically, this notice restricts Ghosn's travel to several countries. It does nothing to him in Lebanon, and is unlikely to change much in France.
- Scoundreller 7y agoI feel bad for anyone booking a private jet from Lebanon to France for the next while. Plenty risk of an unscheduled diplomatic lunch: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incide...
- samsonradu 7y agoYeah, flying private is terrible.
- tyingq 7y agoLooks like you could fly well enough outside anyone else's airspace from Lebanon to France. The one tight spot being the gap between Malta and Tunisia.
- Scoundreller 7y agoMaybe get to Reunion and then blend in on a domestic flight back to the mainland.
- nataz 7y agoIt's one of the methods to broadcast that Japan is looking to prosecute Ghosn. The red notice doesn't restrict travel, it aids in awareness. It's an important distinction. There are lots of ways to restrict travel that don't involve public red notices. The red notice can help build a case for detention by a third party, but again, it wouldn't have to be public to do that. Finally, a third party country has to make a lot of practical political and legal decisions around a red notice hit. 1 - do you/can you legally detain, and on what grounds? 2 - do you notify the originating country? 3 - do you start extradition to Japan/Japanese authority, or do you deny entry, or do you deport? Red notices are not uniformly enforced. Assuming a country actually supports action on red notices at all, each country will make it's own decision based on each individual case. See the historical US treatment of Russian origin red notices.
- Havoc 7y ago>It has no authority on of it's own. Not directly but they can still shake some trees and see what falls out if so inclined. They also have some power to make stuff happen on short notice. Eg interpol laissez-passer