INTERPOL AND RED NOTICE

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Context:

The Interpol has rejected a second request by India to issue a Red Corner Notice against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Canada-based founder and legal advisor of the pro-Khalistan outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), whom the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has listed as a “terrorist” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

About INTERPOL:

• International Criminal Police Organization is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
• With 194 member states, it the world's largest police organization.
• India is also a member state. India will host the 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2022.
• It is the world's largest police organization.
• Contrary to popular belief, INTERPOL is itself not a law enforcement agency.
• It provides investigative support, expertise, and training to law enforcement worldwide, focusing on following major areas
  • transnational crime: terrorism, cybercrime,organized crime, crimes against humanity, child pornography, drug trafficking and production, political corruption, intellectual property infringement, and white-collar crime.

INTERPOL Notices:

• These are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.
• 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, notably genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Types of Notice:

• Red Notice: To seek the location and arrest of wanted persons wanted for prosecution or to serve a sentence.
• Yellow Notice: To help locate missing persons, often minors, or to help identify persons who are unable to identify themselves.
• Blue Notice: To collect additional information about a person’s identity, location or activities in relation to a crime.
• Black Notice: To seek information on unidentified bodies.
• Green Notice: To provide warning about a person’s criminal activities, where the person is considered to be a possible threat to public safety.
• Orange Notice: To warn of an event, a person, an object or a process representing a serious and imminent threat to public safety.
• Purple Notice: To seek or provide information on modus operandi, objects, devices and concealment methods used by criminals.
• INTERPOL–United Nations Security Council Special Notice: Issued for groups and individuals who are the targets of UN Security Council Sanctions Committees.  

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