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RED NOTICE (INTERPOL)

Dec. 14, 2018

The Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against absconding billionaire Mehul Choksi, accused of cheating Punjab National Bank to the tune of over 13,000 crore rupees. The Interpol has issued the Notice on the CBI's request. Choksi has taken citizenship of Antigua.

Interpol notices:

  • Interpol is an international organization facilitating international police cooperation against cross-border terrorism, trafficking, and other crime.

  • It issues 8 type of notices (7 of which are colour-coded) which are in the form of alert/requests allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.

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.

 

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