Interpol Red Notice
A request published by Interpol at the demand of a member country, asking other member states to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition. NOT an international arrest warrant — legal force depends on receiving-country domestic law. Subject to Article 3 abuse filtering.
An Interpol Red Notice is a request published by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) at the demand of a member country, asking other member states to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition or surrender. A Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant; the legal force of any subsequent arrest is determined entirely by the receiving country's domestic law.
The instrument is structurally important for Israeli business because Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Belarus, and a small number of other governments have used or attempted to use Red Notices against Israeli, Israeli-origin, and Jewish business figures — typically through the abuse mechanisms Interpol's Article 3 framework is designed to filter (political, military, racial, or religious motivation). Several high-profile Israeli executives have successfully petitioned Interpol's Commission for the Control of Files (CCF) to remove Red Notices on Article 3 grounds.
For Israeli operators with cross-jurisdictional exposure — banking, real estate, defense exports — Red Notice risk is a material legal consideration distinct from underlying extradition treaty exposure, and is one of the categories tracked by the Olam in coverage of cross-border enforcement against Israeli business figures.