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Interpol, or the International Criminal Police Organization, has been around in one form or another since about 1922. The syndicate, which consists of 195 countries, is funded by approximately $200 million annually.
However, Interpol’s strength lies not so much in its budget or staff (about 1,000 employees), but in its reach and ability to persuade countries to extradite criminals. By its own charter, Interpol is prohibited from engaging in any political, military, religious, or racial interference, so it is assumed that its activities are limited to strictly criminal prosecution.
What happens when a red notice is issued?
In order to issue a red notice to Interpol, a member country must provide the name of the suspect and the reason they want him to be listed. The suspect’s details are forwarded to the Interpol General Secretariat and verified. If the details are acceptable, the red notice is approved.
Once the red notice is approved, the suspect’s data will be sent to all 195 member countries. It is important to note that a red notice is not an arrest warrant, and how any country treats a red notice is up to the country to decide.
Nearly 70,000 Red Notices have now been issued to criminals around the world, and Interpol maintains dozens of different databases to assist any law enforcement agency interested in arresting or extraditing any of these criminals. Some of these databases are as important as DNA, others are as specific as archives of stolen art.
What’s next for Do Kwon?
On Monday, September 26, Do Kwon sent out a flurry of insane tweets containing a series of ridiculous statements. In one, Do claims to have searched the public Interpol database for his name and found nothing; in another, he says he “makes no effort to hide.”
Of the 70,000 red notices, only about 7,000 are in the public domain – 90% are not placed on a public registry for users to view, but are instead sent to law enforcement.
As for his “zero attempts to escape” comment, that may very well be true. As previously stated, a red notice is not an arrest warrant, so depending on which country he currently lives in, he may not care if he is sent to prison or extradited back to South Korea. However, if Do does not have high-quality fake documents, leaving the country in which he is currently located can be extremely difficult.
There is reason to believe that Do has already prepared for the worst. CoinDesk reported that it recently transferred $67 million worth of Bitcoins. If Do has access to sufficient capital and connections, it will be a long time before any country recognizes that he is within its borders.
Author: Anton Zaitsev, analyst Freedman Сlub Crypto News
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