The Lyon-based Worldwide Felony Police Group (Interpol) had issued 25 Crimson Notices in 2020, 47 in 2021 and 40 in 2022.
Since 2023, the variety of Crimson Notices issued on India's request spiralled with exceptional alacrity — 100 notices in 2023, 107 in 2024 and 56 within the first six months of 2025, the newest knowledge seen by the PTI reveals.
The Interpol historically issued eight colored notices for various functions to 195 member nations, alerting them on a request from a rustic. It has added a ninth one — Silver Discover — on a pilot foundation this yr, through which India can be a participant, to trace illicit belongings parked overseas.
A Crimson Discover (RCN), a very powerful one to trace a fugitive, is a request issued by Interpol to regulation enforcement worldwide to find and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition, give up or related authorized motion.
It's the first essential step in pursuing the extradition of a fugitive who escaped to a unique nation to evade the regulation. All state and central businesses submit their request for Interpol Notices to the CBI, which is the nodal company for India for all Interpol issues. The CBI then makes the requests for the Notices to Interpol and coordinates with the intergovernmental organisation in follow-up. “It is just after an RCN is issued {that a} fugitive could be positioned overseas. As soon as the alleged prison is positioned, diplomacy and regulation enforcement work in tandem to safe the extradition or deportation,” an official within the know of the method mentioned.
The uptick was not solely seen when it comes to Crimson Notices issued on India's request, but additionally in different colour-coded Notices as effectively.
The Blue Notices, by means of which a rustic seeks details about an individual, have gone up from 47 in 2020 to 68 in 2024 and 86 until now in 2025; Yellow notices, used for looking for particulars of abductions, disappearances or identification points, have gone up from one in 2020 to 27 in 2024 and 4 in 2025 (until now).
In complete, 145 Interpol Notices have been issued in 2025 until now, as in comparison with 73 issued in 2020. Final yr, 208 Notices had been issued by the Interpol, the information reveals.
The rise within the variety of Notices by Interpol at India's request could be attributed to a confluence of deft diplomacy, institutional assertiveness and technological modernisation, in addition to the meticulously hosted Interpol Basic Meeting in November 2022, adopted by the G20 Summit in 2023, officers mentioned.
On a particular request from India, the Interpol Basic Meeting was held in 2022 right here to coincide with the seventy fifth Anniversary of Indian Independence, 25 years after the worldwide confluence of police chiefs was held right here in 1997.
Usually, every of the 195 member nations will get an opportunity to carry the annual occasion on a rotation foundation.
The Meeting served as each an emblem and a catalyst, deepening the company's operational rapport with Interpol's Basic Secretariat in Lyon, they mentioned.
The G20 Summit held in 2023 additional burnished India's picture on the worldwide degree. Ostensibly an financial conclave of 20 huge nations and areas, the occasion enabled ancillary safety collaborations, lubricating inner authorized cooperation and consensus on extradition of fugitives.
In each occasions, India made a powerful argument in favour of the extradition of fugitives wished by a rustic and the denial of “secure havens” to criminals.
The CBI, which is the Nationwide Central Bureau of India, additionally took a leap when it comes to digital sophistication, using superior knowledge analytics, digitised dossiers, AI-powered profiling and seamless integration with Interpol's I-24/7 community.
In 2023, the CBI prime brass emphasised on making Interpol engagement seamless and reducing down on the processing time of requests coming from state police, in addition to constructing on the negotiations in the course of the Basic Meeting and G20.
The company developed an in-house portal, Bharatpol, operationalised in January, which made the method of RCN — traditionally mired in paperwork and procedural torpor — frictionless and reduce down the time from a mean of six months to 3 months.
The outcomes translated when it comes to extradition as effectively, with the CBI coordinating carefully with Interpol, in addition to state and central enforcement businesses, to safe the extradition or deportation of 134 fugitives since 2020. Of those, 23 had been introduced again this yr alone.
In distinction, solely 74 fugitives had been returned in the course of the decade between 2010 and 2019. The outcomes are encouraging however removed from the targets that the company has set for itself.
“1000's of Interpol requests are being issued on the request of huge nations, whereas our requests are within the a whole bunch. We're shifting ahead and we now have to additional enhance our processes to make sure that fugitives aren't capable of finding secure havens wherever,” an official mentioned.
