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Fiji Times
April 28, 2018
THE involvement of INTERPOL in the proposed Online Safety Bill is a possibility, says Parliamentary Standing Committee chairperson Ashneel Sudhakar. So people living overseas who continue to post defaming insults or false stories or post pornographic pictures about locals can be taken to task throughÃâà...
Khaleej Times
April 27, 2018
"The police have started communication with the Interpol and will provide them with the case file to be able to arrest the suspect and extradite him. There is a great cooperation between the Sharjah Police and Indian police authorities in such cases," he said. The police are still waiting for the forensic reportÃâà...
Kyiv Post
April 27, 2018
When it comes to Russia these days, the U.S. and Europe are striving for deterrence. That's what drove the Obama administration to impose sector-based sanctions on Russia after its stealth invasion of Ukraine. Deterrence justified the Treasury sanctions this month against Russian oligarchs. They send aÃâà...
Twin Falls Times-News
April 26, 2018
These alerts — requested by national authorities and reviewed and issued by Interpol — tell local authorities of travelers facing arrest in their home countries who should be detained for potential extradition. (Interpol itself has no arrest authority.) The agency also issues “diffusions,” which are similar but notÃâà...
Xinhua
April 25, 2018
MADRID, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The Director of the Spanish National Police force, German Lopez Iglesias, on Tuesday inaugurated the First Interpol World Congress on Drugs in the city of Toledo, 74 km south of the Spanish capital of Madrid. In his speech to open the event, which brings together over 200Ãâà...
Hattiesburg American
April 25, 2018
The six modules are the first of their kind in major event security and can be delivered to national police forces in INTERPOL member countries upon request. "We and INTERPOL are working to put this training out to the world," Marciani said. "The courses will be offered to all 192 INTERPOL nationsÃâà...
Tempo.co
April 19, 2018
CO, Jakarta - The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said that the ministry will investigate the STS-50 fugitive vessel that is currently being hunted down by the Interpol. “We will conduct an investigation on the boat with no clear nationality,” said Susi Pudjiastuti during a press conferenceÃâà...
India Today
April 19, 2018
As investigative agencies in India wait for a global arrest warrant against Nirav Modi, a questionnaire sent by Interpol's Lyon office in France to its National Central Bureau in Delhi has got Indian agencies working overtime. The questionnaire has been sent in response to India's request to issue an InterpolÃâà...
Tempo.co
April 19, 2018
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said that the ministry will investigate the STS-50 fugitive vessel that is currently being hunted down by the Interpol. “We will conduct an investigation on the boat with no clear nationality,” said Susi Pudjiastuti during a pressÃâà...
The Express Tribune
April 18, 2018
Punjab Police claimed on Tuesday that seven suspects wanted in connection with myriad cases had been nabbed in Dubai with Interpol assistance. The men arrived at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-204. Five of the men hail from Lahore.
The Japan News
April 17, 2018
AFPJAKARTA (AFP-Jiji) — Indonesia seized an alleged “slave ship” following a dramatic high seas chase sparked by an Interpol alert after the vessel escaped capture in China and Mozambique, authorities said on April 10. Interpol tipped off Indonesian authorities that the stateless STS-50, a vessel with aÃâà...
Rudaw
April 16, 2018
He travelled to Jordan, but was arrested at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman in February 2017 after a joint operation by Interpol and ... Former Iraqi Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani, who had also been on the run, was also handed over to Iraq by Interpol in Lebanon in January on IraqiÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 10, 2018
JAKARTA • Indonesia seized an alleged "slave ship" following a dramatic high seas chase sparked by an Interpol alert after the vessel escaped capture in China and Mozambique, the authorities said yesterday. Interpol tipped off the Indonesian authorities that the stateless STS-50, a vessel with a notoriousÃâà...
artnet News
April 6, 2018
Each year, art thefts account for around four to six billion dollars of losses worldwide. Due to the magnitude of the problem, the International Criminal Police Organization, commonly known as Interpol, continually collects data about the many art thefts and recoveries. With 192 member countries, theÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 30, 2018
Interpol and the United States government are unlikely to act against former ambassador Husain Haqqani primarily because the charges against him are directly related to the Memogate scandal, which is seen as a political case under international law, according to experts. The Chief Justice of PakistanÃâà...
Times of India
March 30, 2018
CHENNAI: Chennai city police have come closer to solving the Sunday bank heist with the arrest of security guard Shabi Lal, who was the main suspect, in Nepal with the help of Interpol police on Thursday. However, the Nepal police personnel refused to hand him over to the Chennai police as they haveÃâà...
The Quint
March 30, 2018
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Interpol to locate diamantaire Nirav Modi and his family accused in multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, said informed sources. According to the sources, the agency sent the request to the Interpol last week, aimed at locating and arrestingÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 29, 2018
WASHINGTON: Interpol and the United States government are unlikely to act against former ambassador Husain Haqqani primarily because the charges against him are directly related to the Memogate scandal, which is seen as a political case under international law, according to experts. The ChiefÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
March 29, 2018
The Nigeria Police Force has asked the Interpol to arrest Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the National Assembly anywhere he is seen. Also declared wanted by the Police was one Mohammed Audu and six criminal suspects who escaped from custody on Wednesday.
Bahamas Tribune
March 28, 2018
#IN the worldwide fight against the illicit smuggling of radiological and nuclear material, some 40 law enforcement officials are participating in a four-day training conference in Grand Bahama organised by the Royal Bahamas Police Force and Interpol. #Project STONE (Stop Trafficking of Nuclear Elements)Ãâà...
Balkan Insight
March 26, 2018
Roy Lawrence Piechocki, 56, from west London, has been on Interpol's so-called red list since 2011. He was arrested in a flat in Veliko Tarnovo. Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior said the arrest was the result of a two-month joint investigation between local police, the Bulgarian special cybercrime unit and theÃâà...
TheCable
March 24, 2018
The police have threatened declare Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, as a wanted man if he does not appear before the command in Kogi state. The senator was also threatened with the inclusion of his name in the red notice of the Interpol. Red Notice, a request to locate and provisionallyÃâà...
The Sun
March 24, 2018
A BRITISH suspect who was on Interpol's most wanted list has been caught by cops in Bulgaria after being on the run for seven years. Roy Lawrence Piechocki, 56, has been wanted by Interpol since 2011 for ten counts of sexually exploiting a minor in the United States. Roy Lawrence Piechocki was caughtÃâà...
Asia Times
March 23, 2018
Authorities in India have asked Interpol to help catch two diamond traders who fled abroad after being charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The two men, diamond trader Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, are alleged to have been involved in a US$2 billion scam involving theÃâà...
Gazeta Express
March 22, 2018
Kosovo might soon join the Interpol if gets necessary support by member countries. Secretary General of Interpol, Jurgen Stock, has informed Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs, Flamur Sefaj, that Kosovo's bid for membership into International Criminal Police Organisation has been included in their agenda.
Xinhua
March 21, 2018
KIEV, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine has asked the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to put a key suspect involved in the murder of former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov on the international wanted list, local media said on Tuesday. "The National Police sent documents to theÃâà...
ThePrint
March 21, 2018
Interpol issues red notices and 'diffusions' against wanted individuals, but its being abused by authoritarian regimes like Russia. The poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in Salisbury, England, earlier this month isn't just an international scandal. It is also a crime. And while U.K.Ãâà...
South China Morning Post
March 20, 2018
Hong Kong police are reviewing their intelligence-sharing system after they failed to realise that a robbery suspect in their custody last year, who was released on bail and arrested again last month, was wanted in India on terrorism charges and Interpol had sent out an alert on him months ago. Sources toldÃâà...
OpenGov Asia
March 19, 2018
Criminal intelligence analysis and the use of social media are the focus of INTERPOL in two of its courses that aim at building the capacity of police in South and Southeast Asia to combat terrorism. The two courses conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were funded by the Government of Canada. More than 40Ãâà...
Ahval
March 19, 2018
In late February 2018, Czech police arrested Salih Muslim, former co-chair of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) , who was in Prague to attend a conference on Middle Eastern politics. Muslim is accused of terrorism by the Turkish government. He was detained based on an Interpol RedÃâà...
euronews
March 18, 2018
It has utilised Interpol to disrupt an associate of prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny, according to justice campaigners Fair Trials. The NGO says Russian authorities went after Nikita Kulachenkov, who worked at the Moscow-based Anti-Corruption Foundation of Navalny, who has been barred fromÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 17, 2018
ISLAMABAD: A special court, hearing high treason case, has ordered arrest of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf through Interpol. According to Geo News, the three-member bench special court, hearing high treason case against Pervez Musharraf, has issued written judgement, in which theÃâà...
New Zealand Herald
March 16, 2018
"Police believe that Ms Way and her son are no longer in the country and are working with Interpol and overseas agencies to locate them." The boy's South Waikato-based father did not want to comment. Police wouldn't comment when asked if they had concerns for the safety of Way or her son but urgedÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 16, 2018
BANGKOK - The Interpol "Red Notice" for Thailand's Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya, wanted for hit-and-run charges, has disappeared from its website, Bangkok Post reported on Thursday (March 15). It was unclear when the notice - a worldwide request to find and arrest an individual pending extraditionÃâà...
Independent Balkan News Agency
March 12, 2018
“As far as technical issues for accession at Interpol are concerned, the government of Kosovo is ready and it will apply this year. Kosovo is also ready to apply for UNESCO accession. The country's institutions are confident that Kosovo also has the necessary numbers (the countries that vote) in order toÃâà...
Ahval
March 11, 2018
The government and its security apparatus attempt to engage two main tools to assert its repressive will: First, by applying the measures through the red bulletins sent to Interpol, it tries to have all dissidents, mainly Kurds and Gulenists, extradited to Turkey from across the world. Second, it has turned theÃâà...
Stockholm Center for Freedom
March 10, 2018
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has put on hold almost 50 requests from the Turkish government to arrest people wanted by Ankara on baseless terrorism charges, the pro-government Sabah daily reported on Friday. The requests by the Turkish government are political in nature,Ãâà...
Ahval
March 10, 2018
Interpol has put on hold almost 50 requests from Turkey to arrest people wanted by Ankara on terrorism charges, Sabah newspaper reported . The requests by Turkey are political in nature, the pan-European security organisation has ruled, according to the newspaper. Turkey is seeking the arrest andÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 9, 2018
An Indian-born Hong Kong resident wanted by Interpol for alleged links to terrorism and political killings in his native country was on Friday denied bail by a local court for the second time as he faces a charge over a multimillion-dollar robbery in the city. Ramanjit Singh, 29, returned to Kowloon Court underÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 9, 2018
The prime suspect in Asma Rani murder case, a third-year medical student who was shot dead in Kohat in January, has been arrested by Interpol in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE), DawnNewsTV reported on Thursday. Inspector General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police Salahuddin Mehsud confirmed theÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 9, 2018
ABBOTTABAD: The Interpol on Thursday arrested from Sharjah the prime suspect in the murder of medical student Asma Rani. Asma, a third-year medical student in Abbottabad, was in her hometown of Kohat on vacation when, on January 27, Mujahid Afridi allegedly opened fire on her for refusing hisÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 8, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) - Boys are more likely than girls to suffer the worst forms of online sexual exploitation, according to a report by Interpol and an advocacy organisation that highlights the largely unreported trend. Anti-trafficking groups say the global spread of cheap,Ãâà...
Al-Monitor
March 7, 2018
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Authority (PA) was voted in as a full member of Interpol in September, and the Palestinian membership was approved in Beijing by 75 to 24, with 34 abstentions. The PA recently completed the technical procedures to connect the Palestinian police force to theÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 3, 2018
A couple sought with an Interpol red notice over alleged links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was arrested in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 1, citing security sources. The man, identified only as Ismail S., carrying both German andÃâà...
News18
March 3, 2018
Ramanjit Singh, an Indian national who is on Interpol's global watch list, was detained this month by authorities in the southern Chinese city over the robbery. AFP. Updated:March 2, 2018, 2:23 PM IST. facebook Twitter google skype whatsapp. Hong Kong Court Rejects Bail for Indian Fugitive on InterpolÃâà...
Ahval
March 3, 2018
China and Turkey have been abusing Interpol red notices to target dissenters abroad, according to a report by Newsweek. Red notices can be placed on individuals who “are wanted by national jurisdictions for prosecution or to serve a sentence based on an arrest warrant or court decision,” according toÃâà...
Newsweek
March 3, 2018
They do this, for example, by using Interpol 'red notices' to smear their critics, restrict their activities, and to force them back to the very countries they have fled. This problem is only too familiar to Dolkun Isa, a political activist and a vocal critic of the Chinese government's policies against the Muslim UighurÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 3, 2018
ALMATY (Reuters) - Interpol has removed the leader of a banned Tajik Islamist party from its wanted list, he said, in a setback for the Dushanbe ... Muhiddin Kabiri, leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), told Reuters by telephone that the removal of the Interpol "Red Notice" would allowÃâà...
Gazeta Express
March 2, 2018
The decision of Interpol to remove former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) from their wanted list has angered Serbia who complained at the Executive Committee of Interpol asking the warrants filed by them not be erased. Part of the Interpol wanted list were ex-KLA commanders, includingÃâà...
South China Morning Post
February 24, 2018
China expressed dissatisfaction on Saturday at Interpol's decision to lift a wanted alert for an exile from its Uygur minority, a man China accuses of being a terrorist. Uygurs are a largely Muslim people who live in the far western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds of people have died in the past few years,Ãâà...
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