DETECTING WANTED PERSONS
With regard to suspected and wanted individuals, INTERPOL’s color-coded international
Notices system informs member countries of the movements of known international
criminals either subject to arrest and extradition or suspected of criminal involvement.
The most widely known is the Red Notice, an international request by an INTERPOL
member country for the provisional arrest of an individual who has been charged with a
crime by a judicial authority and based on the requesting country’s commitment to seek
extradition.
In addition, INTERPOL in cooperation with the Security Council’s 1267 Committee
created the INTERPOL-United Nations Security Council Special Notices. These Special
Notices alert national police services to groups or individuals associated with Al Qaida
and the Taliban who are subject to UN sanctions. The Special Notice can be especially
effective in promoting enforcement of the travel ban as they are available to all of
INTERPOL’s member countries through the Organization’s I-24/7 communications
system. To date, approximately 290 of these Notices have been published.