Introduction to the INTERPOL Silver Notice In the landscape of international law enforcement cooperation, few developments in recent years have generated as much practitioner interest or as much quiet alarm in certain quarters, as the rapid emergence of INTERPOL’s Silver Notice. Launched as a two-year pilot in January 2025, the Silver Notice represents a genuine … Continued

The heads of INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (“NCBs”) have met in Lyon to discuss responses to some of the current threats. Below we explore in more detail what an NCB is and discuss the meeting agenda. What is an INTERPOL National Central Bureau? An INTERPOL NCB is the liaison between each of the 196 member … Continued

INTERPOL plays a central role in modern cross-border criminal enforcement, but its effectiveness and fairness often depend on how individual member states use its mechanisms. Two jurisdictions that feature prominently in Gherson’s recent articles discussing international policing are China and India. Both are highly active in seeking international cooperation, issuing alerts, and pursuing individuals and … Continued

We have been closely tracking INTERPOL’s efforts to focus on and boost international cooperation in relation to such offences as fraud. In November 2025, we noted how Morocco hosted the 93rd INTERPOL General Assembly and examined its agenda, as well as analysed the strengthened cooperation between Morocco and China. In addition, we detailed how the … Continued

As of 10:00 CET on Thursday, 26 March 2026, all requests to the INTERPOL Commission for Control of Files must be submitted via a new dedicated online portal. In this update, we explore what this change means and what applicants need to know. What can be done via the portal? The portal enables applicants or … Continued

Tracking INTERPOL’s broader collaboration, we have previously detailed how INTERPOL has worked with Indian enforcement to enhance international cooperation, with African law enforcement to disrupt criminal activity through the use of the INTERPOL Silver Notice, and with Chinese authorities on cross-border enforcement efforts. In those articles, we explored how these developments have provided an opportunity … Continued

We have previously written extensively about INTERPOL’s developments and initiatives aimed at enhancing its transnational financial crime-fighting capabilities, both at domestic and international levels. Reporting on INTERPOL’s work in Africa, we have written about the organisation’s cooperation with African law enforcement, aimed at disrupting criminal activities by way of the INTERPOL Silver Notice, noting the … Continued

It has recently been reported that a court in Bangladesh has ordered officials to request an INTERPOL Red Notice for the British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over a corruption case linked to the allocation of government land in Dhaka. As this would inevitably have prompted a lot of people to ask what an INTERPOL Red … Continued

We are often asked if an individual can be arrested following an INTERPOL Red Notice. It has recently transpired that, given the right circumstances, it is indeed possible to be arrested following an INTERPOL Red Notice, as demonstrated in a case of an individual alleged to have orchestrated a $2 million fraud scheme. What happened? … Continued