Facing a Red, Blue, Green, or Diffusion notice, or unsure which type applies to you? Our network includes a licensed lawyer to bring a challenge before the CCF or the relevant national authority.
Direct answer: INTERPOL uses several distinct notice types — Red, Blue, and Green notices, plus diffusions — each with a different purpose and a different legal weight. None of them is itself an arrest warrant; all are requests that member countries decide how to act on under their own law, and all can be challenged before the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF).
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Confusing one notice type for another is one of the most common mistakes in responding to an INTERPOL matter.
Seeks the location and provisional arrest of a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.
Requests additional information about a person’s identity, location, or activities in relation to a criminal matter.
Warns of a person’s criminal activities where they are considered a possible ongoing threat to public safety.
A faster, less-reviewed alternative to a Red Notice, circulated directly between national bureaus.
The specific notice type changes the details, but most successful challenges rest on one of a handful of recurring grounds.
Tell us what you know so far. We will confirm what applies and bring in the right network lawyer — in confidence.
No — it is a request for other countries to locate and provisionally arrest a person. Each country decides for itself, under its own law, whether and how to act on it.
Most notices are not published, so confirming one exists usually requires a formal request for access to INTERPOL’s files.
Reviews commonly take several months, though timelines vary depending on the complexity of the case and the notice type involved.
Not automatically — removing the international notice addresses that alert specifically, but any underlying domestic warrant or case is a separate matter.
Tell us what you know so far and any documents you have received. We will respond directly and confidentially, and bring in the right network lawyer if representation is needed.
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