The Interpol has issued the first Silver notice on India’s request to track the global assets of former French Embassy officer Shubham Shokeen, who is wanted in connection with a visa fraud.
About INTERPOL
- Genesis: Established as International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) during 2nd International Police Congress in Vienna in 1923 and stablished as INTERPOL in 1956
- Members: 196 countries including India as one of the founding members.
- Headquarters: Lyon, France.
- National Central Bureau (NCBs): Established by member countries as a point of access for INTERPOL affairs.
- CBI is India’s NCB to the INTERPOL.
- Bharatpol portal developed by CBI to provide all Indian law enforcement agencies with a seamless connection to Interpol.
- Governing Bodies: The General Assembly and Executive Committee.
- Notices: INTERPOL’s colour-coded notices are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.
- For instance, Red is for detaining a fugitive, Blue for seeking additional information, Black for unidentified bodies and Yellow for missing persons.
- Notices are published by the General Secretariat at the request of a NCB and are made available to all our member countries.
