Red Notice Removal Lawyers for INTERPOL Cases
Red notice removal is the deletion of a person’s data from INTERPOL’s files, decided by the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files on a written application. We act for individuals who are the subject of an INTERPOL red notice or diffusion: establishing what is held on file, and applying to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files to have the data deleted where the grounds are made out. We do not represent requesting states, and we take no case we cannot argue on the merits.
A removal application is decided on paper, by a body that is not a court, against a written record supplied by one member country. Everything therefore turns on what that record contains and which of the Organization’s own rules it breaches.
What instructing us involves
Free first assessment
You describe what happened and which country the case comes from. We say whether there is a ground we could evidence. If there is not, we say so and stop, and that conversation costs nothing.
Engagement in writing
Nothing is advice until we accept instructions in writing. The engagement names the advocate responsible and the stage being quoted.
Access request
The first filed step, establishing what the Organization holds about you. Until it comes back, no application can be drafted honestly.
Application for deletion
Drafted on the grounds the record actually supports, with the evidence assembled for each of them.
After the decision
If deletion is refused, we advise whether an application for revision is available on new facts, and whether anything is better pursued nationally.
What we need from you to start
- The requesting countryWhich state the case originates in, and the stage its proceedings reached.
- Where you are nowThe country you are standing in decides on any detention, separately from the alert itself.
- How you found outA border stop, a visa refusal, a bank letter or a court document — each tells us something different about what is held.
- Documents you already holdCharges, judgments, correspondence from authorities, anything in writing. Translations can follow later.
- Any deadline runningA hearing date, a detention review or a travel commitment changes the order in which we work.
On what basis a notice is challenged
Deletion is not argued in the abstract: each application rests on one or more identified grounds, and the evidence is assembled for that ground specifically. The grounds for deleting a red notice are set out separately, with what each one requires, and the procedure itself is described step by step on its own page.
Who handles the file
One advocate is responsible for the matter from the access request to the decision. Where local proceedings run in parallel — a detention hearing, an extradition request, an exit ban — we instruct counsel admitted in that jurisdiction and keep the international record in one pair of hands. Who runs which part of the practice is published in full.
Fees and how they are quoted
Work is quoted per stage, after we have seen enough of the file to know what the stage involves. An access request and a contested application for deletion are not the same piece of work and are not priced as though they were. We do not quote a probability of success, and we do not take a case in order to bill the assessment. How fees are structured is set out separately, and outcomes we obtained are published in anonymised form only.
Start by establishing what is on file
Tell us which country the case comes from, which country you are in now, and what happened. The first assessment costs nothing and carries no obligation.
Request a free case assessmentFrequently asked
How much does it cost to remove a red notice?
We quote per stage, after the initial assessment, because the work in an access request and in a contested application are not comparable. No fee is quoted before we have seen enough of the file to know what the stage involves.
Do I have to travel to instruct you?
No. The procedure before the Commission is written and does not require your presence anywhere. Where a matter is also live before a national authority, we instruct counsel admitted in that country.
What should I do if I am detained on a red notice?
Say nothing about the underlying case, ask for a lawyer admitted locally, and have someone contact us. Detention is decided under the law of the country you are in, separately from the notice itself.
How do I know if a diffusion was issued against me?
The same way as a notice — through a request for access to your own data. Diffusions are not published anywhere and circulate directly between member countries.
Can you guarantee the notice will be deleted?
No, and nobody can. The Commission decides on the material before it. What can be controlled is the quality of the file, which is where applications are usually won or lost.