New Silver Notice is part of a pilot phase involving 52 countries (including India) and will aid in fighting transnational organized crime.
About the Silver Notice
- It is the newest addition to INTERPOL’s suite of colour-coded Notices, targeting criminal assets . (See image)
- It will facilitate locating, identifying, and obtaining information about laundered assets including properties, vehicles, financial accounts and businesses.
- Silver Notice aids members in requesting information on assets linked to a person’s criminal activities such as fraud, corruption, drug trafficking, environmental crime etc.
About INTERPOL Notices
- They are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.
- There are 8 types of Notices apart from the INTERPOL-UNSC Special Notice.
- Issued by: General Secretariat
- Notices can be requested by:
- A member country’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau
- International Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Court (related to genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity)
- United Nations (for implementation of sanctions imposed by the Security Council)
About International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
- It was founded in 1923 as International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) at the 2nd International Criminal Police Congress in Vienna, Austria.
- It is the only organization with the mandate and technical infrastructure to share police information globally.
- India joined Interpol in 1949, CBI is designated as National Central Bureau of India for ICPO-INTERPOL.
