RED NOTICE (INTERPOL)

TYPE

OBJECTIVE

Red Notice

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

It is the "closest instrument to an international arrest warrant."

Blue Notice

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

Green Notice

To warn about a person's criminal activities if that person is considered to be a possible threat to public safety.

Yellow Notice

To locate a missing person or to identify a person unable to identify himself/herself.

Black Notice

To seek information on unidentified bodies.

Orange Notice

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

Purple Notice

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

Interpol-UNSC Special Notice

To inform Interpol's members that an individual or an entity is subject to UN sanctions.