Red corner notice

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A red corner notice is a request used by Interpol to request extradition.

[edit] Overview

Certain requests used by Interpol are sent by forms of Notices. The color of each notice determines the type of information being sent or received by Interpol and its members.

Red notices are used to ask for a criminal found in one county to be arrested because of an arrest warrant found in another country (commonly called extradition). This is used as a new age wanted poster.

An Interpol Red Notice is issued at the request of a countries law enforcement department. The requesting country asks for a Red Notice to be issued when a criminal evades arrest and escapes from the country.

Interpol's role is to assist the national police forces in identifying or locating those persons with a view to the criminal's arrest and extradition.

These red notices are arrest warrants circulated worldwide with the request that the wanted person be arrested with a view to extradition.

Two types of Red Notices can be issued: the first type is based on an arrest warrant and is issued for a person wanted for prosecution; the second type is based on a court decision for a person wanted to serve a sentence.

[edit] See also

• extradition