The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations | Ninth Edition | Interpol
1 Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is to equip practitioners with sufficient knowledge and understanding of Interpol to enable them to assist clients subject to or at risk of an Interpol Notice or Diffusion.
The chapter considers the powers and practices of Interpol, and the methods by which a Notice or Diffusion can be challenged. It is primarily concerned with Red Notices and Red Diffusions.
This chapter also considers some of the criticisms that have been levelled at Interpol and the organisation’s response to them.
2 What is Interpol?
Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organization) is the world’s largest inter-governmental policing organisation. Established in 1923, it aims principally to connect police forces across the globe, and to facilitate closer cross-border cooperation and the sharing of information.....
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Leading barrister, 5 St Andrew’s Hill
Ben Keith is a leading barrister specialising in cross-border and international cases. He deals with all aspects of extradition, immigration, human rights, mutual legal assistance, Interpol, financial crime and international law, including sanctions. He represents governments, political and military leaders, high net worth individuals, human rights defenders and business leaders in the most sensitive cases. He is a leading authority on the removal of Interpol Red Notices for worldwide clients. He edits the Red Notice Monitor blog.
Ben has extensive experience of appellate proceedings before the Administrative and Divisional Courts, Civil and Criminal Divisions of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court as well as applications and appeals to the European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations.
Ben has significant expertise in post-soviet states, as well the Middle East and the Far East.
He is ranked in Chambers and Partners as a star leader in the field of extradition at the London Bar and in The Legal 500 as a Tier 1 leading individual in extradition. Ben is also ranked in Chambers and Partners in the field of immigration and in its Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals rankings. He is recognised in The Spears’ 500 2024 Guide as a ‘Recommended Immigration Law Barrister’.
Defence extradition barrister, 5 St Andrew’s Hill
Amy Woolfson is a defence extradition barrister. She represents clients at all stages of proceedings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and on appeal to the High Court of England and Wales.
Amy is experienced in advising on and making successful submissions to Interpol in respect of Red Notices and Diffusions. She has assisted global clients in cases concerning politically motivated requests, and non-compliance with international human rights law.
