What is an Interpol Red Notice?
A request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a wanted person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.
Purpose
A Red Notice is issued at the request of a member country or an international tribunal when it wishes to locate a person who is the subject of a valid national arrest warrant and whose extradition is sought.
Is it an international arrest warrant?
No. Interpol cannot compel any country to arrest an individual. A Red Notice only asks law enforcement in member countries to locate and provisionally detain the person, subject to that country's own laws.
How notices are issued
The requesting country submits the notice through its National Central Bureau. Interpol's General Secretariat reviews compliance with Interpol's Constitution — in particular Article 3, which forbids activities of a political, military, religious or racial character — before publication.
Public vs private notices
Not every Red Notice is public. Interpol only publishes an extract when the requesting country agrees. Malandro mirrors the public extracts only.
Active Red Notice records on Malandro
A selection of the most recent red notice entries currently indexed.
