INTERPOL

3.What are Interpol notices?

Interpol notices are international requests made by member countries for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.

Note that such notices can also be used by the United Nations, International Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Court to seek persons wanted for committing crimes within their jurisdiction.

The notices are:

3.1.Red Notice- To seek the location/arrest of a person wanted by a judicial jurisdiction or an international tribunal with a view to his/her extradition.

3.2.Green Notice- To warn about a person’s criminal activities if that person is considered to be a possible threat to public safety.

3.3.Blue Notice- To locate, identify or obtain information on a person of interest in a criminal investigation.

3.4.Yellow Notice-To locate a missing person or to identify a person unable to identify himself/herself.

3.5.Black Notice- To seek information on unidentified bodies.

3.6.Orange Notice- To warn of an event, a person, an object or a process representing an imminent threat and danger to persons or property.

3.7.Purple Notice- To provide information on modus operandi, procedures, objects, devices, or hiding places used by criminals.

3.8.Interpol UNSC Special Notice- To inform Interpol’s members that an individual or an entity is subject to UN sanctions.

4.What are Global Policing Goals ?

Seven Global Policing Goals reflect Interpol’s priorities against criminal and terrorist threats, in alignment with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Goal 16 (SDG 16) “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions”: sets targets to reduce all forms of violence, to curtail arms trafficking and to fight organized crime.

Goal 1: Counter the threat of terrorism

Goal 2: Promote border integrity worldwide

Goal 3: Protect vulnerable communities

Goal 4: Secure cyberspace for people and businesses

Goal 5: Promote global integrity

Goal 6: Curb illicit markets

Goal 7: Support environmental security and sustainability

5. What else you should know?

1. A service called I-24/7  is operated by Interpol which is a Global Police Communications System that provides a common platform for the member countries’ police organisations to share sensitive and urgent police information with each other. It links law enforcement agencies of the member countries.
2. India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has joined Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) initiative that will allow it to collaborate with investigators in other countries for detecting child sexual abuse online and identifying abusers, victims, and crime scenes from audio-visual clips using specialised software.

6.Beyond the word

• “Corruption and financial crimes have harmed the welfare of the citizens of many countries. The corrupt find a way to park the proceeds of crime in different parts of the world… This is one of the major sources of terror funding.”
• “From illegal drugs that destroy young lives to human trafficking, from weakening democracies to the sale of illegal arms, this dirty money funds many destructive enterprises. Yes, there are diverse legal and procedural frameworks to deal with them. However, there is a need for the global community to work even faster to eliminate safe havens,” 
• Underlining that a safe and secure world is shared responsibility,  “It is no longer enough that terrorism is fought only in the physical space. It is now spreading its presence through online radicalisation and cyber threats. At the click of a button, an attack can be executed or systems can be brought to their knees. Each nation is working on strategies against them. But what we do within our borders is no longer enough.”