Interpol Red Notice
The Times
22 Mar 2023
The lawyer for a British grandfather trapped in the Ukraine for a year after his name was put on an Interpol database has called for reform of the red notice system.
The lawyer for a British grandfather trapped in the Ukraine for a year after his name was put on an Interpol database has called for reform of the red notice system.
Robert Urwin, a shipping company manager, was visiting Ukraine in November when he was arrested at the airport over a bounced cheque he was alleged to have written in Dubai in 2006. He was detained as a result of a red notice — issued by Interpol to help member states to locate and arrest people wanted in relation to criminal matters — at the request of HSBC bank in Dubai.
Radha Stirling represented Robert Urwin.
Full article by the Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abused-interpol-red-notices-must-be-reformed-2hbwv9lpl