Tag: Interpol

  • PM Modi urges Interpol to speed up Red Corner Notices process 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the Interpol to speed up Red Corner Notices against fugitive offenders to help eliminate safe havens for terrorists, corrupt and criminals.

    Red Notices are issued by Interpol to locate a fugitive who has fled the country where he is wanted.

    A member country can arrest or deport an individual against whom such a notice is circulated by Interpol.

    Inaugurating the 90th General Assembly of the Interpol, the prime minister flagged the need for global cooperation to deal with safe havens in different parts of the world where the corrupt find a way to park the proceeds of crime.

    He said such illicit money is often taken from some of the poorest people in the world, is pushed into evil activities and is one of the major sources of terror funding.

    From illegal drugs that destroy young lives to human trafficking, from weakening democracies to the sale of illegal arms, this dirty money funds many destructive enterprises, he said.

    “Yes, there are diverse legal and procedural frameworks to deal with them. However, there is a need for the global community to work even faster to eliminate safe havens. There can be no safe havens for the corrupt, terrorists, drug cartels, poaching gangs or organised crime,” he said.

    Nearly 778 Red Notices issued by India are active, of which 205 are by the CBI against fugitives like Dawood Ibrahim, his aide Chhota Shakeel, terrorist Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, and economic offenders like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi among others.

    Prime Minister Modi said police and law enforcement agencies need to devise procedures and protocols to increase cooperation to check such crimes against humanity.

    “Interpol can help by speeding up Red Corner Notices for fugitive offenders,” he said.

    Prime Minister Modi’s statement assumes significance in the wake of Interpol Secretary General Jurgan Stock’s statement a day earlier listing various limitations of Red Corner Notices.

    “A Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant, and Interpol cannot force any member country to arrest an individual who is the subject of a Red Notice. It is not for Interpol to judge the merit of a case or a decision taken by national courts “that is a sovereign matter,” he had said in a press conference.

    He had said our role is to assess if a request for a Red Notice is in line with our Constitution and Rules.

    “This means that we cannot accept a request if, for example, it is political, military, religious or racial in character, or is not in accordance with our Rules on the Processing of Data,” he had said.

    He had said while “we understand that the decision not to publish a Red Notice may not be welcomed by a member country, part of the power of Red Notices is in the trust of our membership that we implement the same rules when assessing any request from every country”.

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the Interpol to speed up Red Corner Notices against fugitive offenders to help eliminate safe havens for terrorists, corrupt and criminals.

    Red Notices are issued by Interpol to locate a fugitive who has fled the country where he is wanted.

    A member country can arrest or deport an individual against whom such a notice is circulated by Interpol.

    Inaugurating the 90th General Assembly of the Interpol, the prime minister flagged the need for global cooperation to deal with safe havens in different parts of the world where the corrupt find a way to park the proceeds of crime.

    He said such illicit money is often taken from some of the poorest people in the world, is pushed into evil activities and is one of the major sources of terror funding.

    From illegal drugs that destroy young lives to human trafficking, from weakening democracies to the sale of illegal arms, this dirty money funds many destructive enterprises, he said.

    “Yes, there are diverse legal and procedural frameworks to deal with them. However, there is a need for the global community to work even faster to eliminate safe havens. There can be no safe havens for the corrupt, terrorists, drug cartels, poaching gangs or organised crime,” he said.

    Nearly 778 Red Notices issued by India are active, of which 205 are by the CBI against fugitives like Dawood Ibrahim, his aide Chhota Shakeel, terrorist Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, and economic offenders like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi among others.

    Prime Minister Modi said police and law enforcement agencies need to devise procedures and protocols to increase cooperation to check such crimes against humanity.

    “Interpol can help by speeding up Red Corner Notices for fugitive offenders,” he said.

    Prime Minister Modi’s statement assumes significance in the wake of Interpol Secretary General Jurgan Stock’s statement a day earlier listing various limitations of Red Corner Notices.

    “A Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant, and Interpol cannot force any member country to arrest an individual who is the subject of a Red Notice. It is not for Interpol to judge the merit of a case or a decision taken by national courts “that is a sovereign matter,” he had said in a press conference.

    He had said our role is to assess if a request for a Red Notice is in line with our Constitution and Rules.

    “This means that we cannot accept a request if, for example, it is political, military, religious or racial in character, or is not in accordance with our Rules on the Processing of Data,” he had said.

    He had said while “we understand that the decision not to publish a Red Notice may not be welcomed by a member country, part of the power of Red Notices is in the trust of our membership that we implement the same rules when assessing any request from every country”.

  • Will seek Interpol help to crack Dhanbad judge murder case: CBI to Jharkhand High Court 

    By PTI

    RANCHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has petitioned before the Jharkhand High Court informing a bench that it will seek the help of Interpol to crack the Dhanbad judge murder case.

    The agency informed a division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad on Friday that it has come across some digital evidence which needs to be verified from the WhatsApp headquarters in the US.

    The CBI has already shot a letter to the Union Home Ministry for its approval to take help from Interpol, the court was informed.

    In the course of proceedings, the bench was informed that WhatsApp chats have been gathered from the accused persons which indicates the involvement of more people in the conspiracy behind the death of Dhanbad district court judge Uttam Anand on July 28 last year.

    A team of CBI sleuths will have to go to the headquarters of WhatsApp in the US and recover chat details to reach to the bottom of the conspiracy.

    The court ordered the agency to furnish a status report on the matter and file an affidavit. The case will be heard again on October 14.

    Earlier, WhatsApp representatives had appeared before the Jharkhand High Court through Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal and assured the court of all cooperation in the investigation.

    Last month, a special CBI court in Dhanbad had announced the quantum of punishment and sentenced an autorickshaw driver and another person to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Anand.

    Besides imprisonment till death, the bench slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on both convicts under IPC Section 302 (murder).

    The CBI judge had also sentenced the duo to seven years in jail and imposed Rs 10,000 fine on each under IPC Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, giving false information to protect offender).

    Both sentences will run concurrently. Anand was hit by a heavy autorickshaw on July 28 last year at Randhir Verma Chowk close to district court while he was jogging around 5.30 am. He died the same day.

    CCTV camera footage showed that the judge was jogging on one side of a fairly wide road at Randhir Verma Chowk in Dhanbad when the three-wheeler veered towards him, hit him from behind and fled the scene.

    An SIT was initially formed to probe the matter, but the Jharkhand government later handed over the case to the CBI.

    RANCHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has petitioned before the Jharkhand High Court informing a bench that it will seek the help of Interpol to crack the Dhanbad judge murder case.

    The agency informed a division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad on Friday that it has come across some digital evidence which needs to be verified from the WhatsApp headquarters in the US.

    The CBI has already shot a letter to the Union Home Ministry for its approval to take help from Interpol, the court was informed.

    In the course of proceedings, the bench was informed that WhatsApp chats have been gathered from the accused persons which indicates the involvement of more people in the conspiracy behind the death of Dhanbad district court judge Uttam Anand on July 28 last year.

    A team of CBI sleuths will have to go to the headquarters of WhatsApp in the US and recover chat details to reach to the bottom of the conspiracy.

    The court ordered the agency to furnish a status report on the matter and file an affidavit. The case will be heard again on October 14.

    Earlier, WhatsApp representatives had appeared before the Jharkhand High Court through Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal and assured the court of all cooperation in the investigation.

    Last month, a special CBI court in Dhanbad had announced the quantum of punishment and sentenced an autorickshaw driver and another person to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Anand.

    Besides imprisonment till death, the bench slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on both convicts under IPC Section 302 (murder).

    The CBI judge had also sentenced the duo to seven years in jail and imposed Rs 10,000 fine on each under IPC Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, giving false information to protect offender).

    Both sentences will run concurrently. Anand was hit by a heavy autorickshaw on July 28 last year at Randhir Verma Chowk close to district court while he was jogging around 5.30 am. He died the same day.

    CCTV camera footage showed that the judge was jogging on one side of a fairly wide road at Randhir Verma Chowk in Dhanbad when the three-wheeler veered towards him, hit him from behind and fled the scene.

    An SIT was initially formed to probe the matter, but the Jharkhand government later handed over the case to the CBI.

  • India reported over 24 lakh online child abuse cases in 2017-20; 80 per cent girls below 14: Interpol

    The central probe agency plans to take up the matter with social media websites and hosting platforms under the relevant legal provisions to examine their role and liability, sources said.

  • India in touch with Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda to bring back Mehul Choksi: Sources

    Choksi, who had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda, was captured in neighbouring Dominica after an Interpol Yellow Notice was issued against him, Antiguan media reported on Wednesday.

  • Interpol Warns Against Attacks On COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment

    The International Criminal Police Organization or Interpol’s chief Juergen Stock on December 21 predicted a hike in organised crimes related to acquiring COVID-19 vaccines as several nations begin administering people with the doses hoping to control the pandemic. While talking to business weekly WirtschaftsWoche and later posting on Twitter, Stock warned against the hike in crimes including thefts, warehouse break-ins and even attack vaccine shipments. 

    Calling vaccines “liquid gold”, Interpol chief alerted about the crime network benefitting from the entire pandemic. Stock’s remarks came as at least 16 countries have already approved the vaccine produced by German company BioNTech in collaboration with US giant Pfizer. As per reports, the secretary-general of the France-based global policing agency also said that he is expecting more graft cases related to COVID-19 vaccines. He noted that “corruption will be rampant” in areas where the doses are available sooner than the rest of the world.