Interpol's Red Notices used by some to pursue political dissenters, opponents

By Libby Lewis

Inadequate checks, balances raise human rights concerns

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… Norway via Syria.He was followed by a petition from Iranian officials that Interpol, the international police agency, list him as a fugitive. Despite the Unit …"

"… ian government that today is cracking down on its own dissidents used that Interpol alert to deport Mazrae to Iran in 2006.Mazrae was jailed for two years. Hi …"

"… f Amnesty International.What Syria and Iran used to go after Mazrae was an Interpol "Red Notice." This system of notices, little known outside legal circles, …"

"… t belong to the 88-year-old international police cooperation agency.  Interpol’s primary purpose is to help police hunt down murderers and war criminal …"

Interpol reacts to ICIJ story

By ICIJ

Interpol's press secretary reacts to ICIJ's findings, and reporter Libby Lewis responds.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… behind them – from Interpol. …"

"… nsortium of Investigative Journalists and published on www.iwatchnews.org, Interpol officials submitted the following letter, signed by Rachael Billington, In …"

"… ol officials submitted the following letter, signed by Rachael Billington, Interpol’s chief press officer. It is published here in its entirety. Below the I …"

"… l’s chief press officer. It is published here in its entirety. Below the Interpol letter is a response from ICIJ, written by Libby Lewis, author of the Inte …"

SOLUTIONS: Interpol Needs a Big Dose of Transparency

By Ilya Katsnelson

SOLUTIONS: Writer experienced Interpol persecution firsthand

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… etailing the abuses of Interpol by Russia. …"

"… egal activity across borders.At its root there is a basic premise — that Interpol’s member states subscribe to common values and mores and should not abus …"

"… ould not merit the same credibility as other member states in their use of Interpol.There is substantial evidence that these rogue states are abusing internat …"

"… out charges (minimum 40 days in Europe), are becoming more common. And the Interpol Red Notice, which creates a virtual prison around its subject, preventing …"

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FBI tracked alleged Russian mob ties of Giuliani campaign supporter

By Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1999 — The Center for Public Integrity is investigating how billions of dollars of allegedly corrupted money from t

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… ses and still less share the intelligence outside their departments.A 1996 Interpol report claims that Kislin’s firm, Trans Commodities, Inc., was used by t …"

"… me, they never asked how I did business with him.”Reports by the FBI and Interpol, the international law enforcement intelligence-sharing agency, claim that …"

"… to have laundered millions of dollars from Russia to New York.”The 1996 Interpol report, citing Russian police, says that the Chernoy brothers were “also …"

"… ad of one of Russia’s top mob families, Moscow’s Izmaylovo gang.A 1996 Interpol report based on several ongoing investigations of the Chernoys at the time …"

Africa's 'merchant of death' sold arms to the Taliban

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — Victor Bout, the Russian arms trafficker whose clandestine sales of weapons of war to some of the bloodiest r

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… “is under investigation in a number of western countries” and that “Interpol has opened a file on him,” Bout continues to operate freely, shuttling b …"

"… a U.N. panel, he even ferried Pakistani U.N. peacekeepers to East Timor.An Interpol spokesperson refused to comment on Bout, but the ICIJ has learned that at …"

"… ed by the Central African Republic, which however, never formally notified Interpol. In March 2000, Bout was sentenced in absentia to two years in prison by a …"

Making a killing

By Phillip van Niekerk

Overview story for Making a killing: The business of war

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… cking to Africa, one law enforcement official said, was a part-time job at Interpol.International arms embargoes, meanwhile, were ineffective and seldom enfor …"

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The influence peddlers

By Yossi Melman and Julio Godoy

Arcadi Gaydamak epitomized the business of war in the post-Cold War era – an entrepreneur with global ties to resource exploitation

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… weapons Gaydamak sold to the Angolan government during the early 1990s. An Interpol document obtained by ICIJ notes that in 1995 Gaydamak was the representati …"

"… ch law enforcement agencies. According to a 1995 communiqué from Russia's Interpol office, a copy of which was obtained by ICIJ under the U.S. Freedom of Inf …"

"… h was obtained by ICIJ under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, American Interpol officials in Washington, D.C., were alerted that Gaydamak was "suspected b …"

"… s through his connections in Moscow to the Bank of Russian Credit."Russian Interpol officials also contacted their counterparts in France for assistance in in …"

The merchant of death

By André Verlöy

With 300 employees and a large fleet of cargo planes, Victor Bout's actions were near impossible to track

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… y 2002, Belgian authorities issued an international arrest warrant through Interpol for him on "money laundering practices and criminal conspiracy." The case …"

"… the Russian news agency Interfax quoted Igor Tsyryulnikov, a spokesman for Interpol's Russia bureau, saying that no arrest warrant had been received. "We can …"

An alliance gone bad

By Prangtip Daorueng

Thai government's cooperation in war on terror brought in U.S. dollars — and the CIA

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… rrorist attacks in Southeast Asia, mostly in Indonesia. He was also on the Interpol "red notice" list, a category for the world's most wanted criminal fugitiv …"

Spain doles out millions in aid despite fishing company's record

By Kate Willson and Mar Cabra

Company received $12 million in public aid even as it faced more than 40 allegations of illegal fishing

Excerpts from this story referencing "Interpol":

"… records to disguise the origin of the fish.Vidal Pego became wanted on an Interpol warrant and appeared in front of the Miami judge in 2006. His Uruguayan co …"