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23/03/23 07:28 AM IST

Interpol Red Notice

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  • The Punjab National Bank scam accused Mehul Chinubhai Choksi's name was removed from Interpol database of Red Notices recently.
Red Corner Notice
  • Red Corner Notices are issued against fugitives and is considered as a request to law enforcement agencies across the world to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.
  • The Interpol had opened a Red Notice against Choksi in 2018 on a request from the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.
  • The Red Corner Notice removal indicates Mehul Choksi is no longer wanted by INTERPOL.
  • The removal of Red Notice gives Choksi the freedom to move anywhere in the world.
InterPOl
  • The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) was set up in 1923, as a secure information-sharing platform that facilitates criminal investigation of police forces across the globe through collection and dissemination of information received from various police forces.
  • It is headquartered in Lyon, France.
  • Interpol has 195 member countries.
  • India became member since 15th October 1949.
  • It keeps track of the movements of criminals and those under the police radar in various regions and tips off police forces which had either sought the Interpol’s assistance or which in its opinion will benefit from the particulars available with it.
  • It aims to promote the widest-possible mutual assistance between criminal police forces.
Source- Live Mint

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