Our mission is to bring clarity, credibility, and accountability to the complex world of INTERPOL Notices. This platform serves as a trusted reference point for those seeking to understand, challenge, or remove INTERPOL Red Notices and personal data from INTERPOL’s systems.
Founded and authored by Konstantina Zivla, a lawyer specialised in INTERPOL Defence and CCF Submissions, this resource bridges the gap between legal complexity and public understanding. It reflects a commitment to transparency, legality, and the protection of individual rights in cross-border investigations.
Konstantina is a qualified criminal defence lawyer admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 2023. She is an Associate Member at Guernica 37 Chambers in London, a LEAP member of Fair Trials, and an active member of leading international legal networks, including the European Criminal Bar Association, the Defence and Extradition Lawyers’ Forum, and the International Bar Association. Through these affiliations, she provides coordinated, strategic defence for clients facing criminal proceedings across multiple jurisdictions.
Her practice is international by design. Konstantina advises and represents clients in INTERPOL matters connected to the United Kingdom, Cyprus, the United States, Iran, Switzerland, Israel, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Venezuela, Mexico, Russia, and Belgium, working closely with foreign counsel to ensure effective defence strategies in complex, multi-jurisdictional cases.
In parallel with her legal practice, Konstantina is a published author and researcher on international policing and transnational criminal justice. She writes on INTERPOL compliance, abuse of international cooperation mechanisms, extradition law, and human rights safeguards. Her recent publications include a detailed analysis of INTERPOL’s role in international child abduction cases, published in the International Enforcement Law Reporter (Volume 41, Issue 2), as well as an examination of the legal and practical challenges of international policing and INTERPOL’s non-application in the occupied part of Cyprus, published in the same journal and HeinOnline (Volume 41, Issue 6, published on 16 May 2025).
What sets this initiative apart is precision, insight, and integrity. Every explanation, analysis, and guide is crafted to empower individuals to navigate INTERPOL’s notice system with confidence.
Our clientele is global, and we are pleased to assist individuals worldwide with INTERPOL-related matters, regardless of location. Whether you are based in Europe, the Americas, Asia, or Africa, you are welcome to submit your enquiry and schedule a consultation.
An INTERPOL Red Notice is not an arrest warrant, nor does it establish guilt. Rather, it is an international alert circulated to law enforcement authorities in 196 INTERPOL member countries, which often results in serious practical consequences, including restrictions on travel, banking disruptions, and significant reputational harm.
Successfully challenging an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion requires specialised legal expertise, a carefully structured strategy, and in-depth knowledge of INTERPOL’s Rules on the Processing of Data (“RPD”).
We specialise in defending individuals targeted by politically motivated INTERPOL Red Notices and Diffusions. Our services include:
1. INTERPOL Data Access Requests
Legal requests to determine whether personal data or a Red Notice exists within INTERPOL’s databases. Not all Red Notices are publicly available, and therefore, an Access Request is, in most cases, a crucial first step.
Strategic submissions to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files where an INTERPOL Notice is politically motivated, militarily or religiously linked, abusive, or violates INTERPOL’s legal framework.
3. INTERPOL Pre-emptive Requests
Strategic legal representation in submitting pre-emptive requests to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files to proactively protect clients from the potential misuse of INTERPOL systems before any Red Notice or alert is issued. This preventive defence places the General Secretariat on notice of possible rule violations and strengthens any future request for access, correction, or deletion of data.
An INTERPOL Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person, pending extradition or similar legal action. It is not an international arrest warrant, and INTERPOL itself has no power to order arrests. Each country decides independently whether and how to act.
1. NCB’s Request
An INTERPOL member country’s National Central Bureau (“NCB”) submits a request to INTERPOL based on a national arrest warrant.
2. INTERPOL Review
INTERPOL reviews the request to ensure compliance with its Constitution and internal rules.
3. Publication
If approved, the Red Notice is published and circulated to INTERPOL member countries.
4. National Response
Each country decides independently whether to act on the Red Notice in accordance with national law.
If you have strong grounds to believe that your data is in INTERPOL’s database, you have the right to submit an Access Request to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (“CCF”). Additionally, you have the right to request the Deletion of a Red Notice if its circulation is in violation of INTERPOL’s framework.
This article forms part of the series "Interpol Red Notices: An Anatomy of Power" published in the International Enforcement Law Reporter Blog on 12 February 2026. An INTERPOL Red Notice is one of the most serious international enforcement measures a person can face. Although technically described as a request to locate and provisionally arrest an …
Can you find an INTERPOL Red Notice with one click? Most Red Notices and all Diffusions are private. Understand the risks, the legal reality, and your right to challenge unlawful INTERPOL alerts.
This post refers to the BBC´s article published on 26 January 2026, entitled "Russia using Interpol's wanted list to target critics abroad, leak reveals", Available at https://bbc.com/news/articles/c20gg729y1yo. The misuse of INTERPOL’s Red Notice system is neither new nor anomalous. It is a recurring structural problem that continues to undermine the credibility of international police cooperation. …
Can I Check if an INTERPOL Red Notice Exists? There is no public database through which individuals can verify the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice. INTERPOL publishes only a limited number of notices on its website. Verification is governed by INTERPOL’s internal rules, data protection standards, and national law enforcement practices, and may …
What is a "Blocked" Red Notice? A blocked INTERPOL notice is not the same as a deleted notice. This distinction is frequently misunderstood and, in high-stakes cases, the consequences of that misunderstanding can be severe. In exceptional situations, the INTERPOL General Secretariat ("IPSG") may intervene to temporarily block a Red Notice or diffusion while the …
Article 87 of the Rules on the Processing of Data ("RPD") sets out the procedural steps to be followed by a member country locating an individual sought under an INTERPOL Red Notice. First: "[to] immediately inform the requesting National Central Bureau or authorised international entity, as well as the INTERPOL General Secretariat, of the fact …
