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Interpol’s Red Notices Used by Some to Pursue Political Dissenters, Opponents
Libby Lewis – Center for Public Integrity,
25 Jul 2011
Interpol, the world’s largest international police organization:
• Isn’t transparent. It doesn’t have to share any data with anyone, other than its own police members, and its own appeals body. Its operations are mostly opaque, in the name of protecting sovereign law enforcement information. The statistics it publishes don’t reveal how often it finds cases are political, or when its power has been abused.
• Isn’t accountable to any outside court or body. That’s because Interpol isn’t a creature of governments. It’s more like a huge, private police club.
• And Interpol is putting more power into the hands of national police forces — partly to save time and money.