How-to guides
Procedural walk-throughs for the most-asked questions around wanted notices — reporting, contesting, claiming rewards, and the mechanics of how the notices themselves come into being.
- 6 steps · ~15 min
How to report a wanted fugitive
Step-by-step guide to reporting information about a wanted person to the FBI, Interpol, Europol or national police — without risking your safety.
- 6 steps · ~30 min
How to check if Interpol has a notice about you
You cannot search Interpol's private database, but you can formally ask whether any notice concerns you. Here is the Commission for the Control of Files (CCF) request process.
- 6 steps · ~60 min
How to contest an Interpol Red Notice
The Commission for the Control of Files (CCF) is Interpol's internal appeals body. Here is the formal procedure for contesting a Red Notice, from initial request to final decision.
- 6 steps · ~20 min
How rewards for fugitive information work
Rewards programmes pay substantial amounts for tips that result in arrest and conviction. Here are the four main programmes, their conditions, and how the payment process actually works.
- 6 steps · ~10 min
How an Interpol Red Notice is issued
The Red Notice process: from a national warrant in the requesting country to circulation across Interpol's 196 member states. How long it takes and what can stop it.