Iran issues arrest warrant against Donald Trump

Recently Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump and has requested the Interpol requested to issue a “Red Notice” for Trump, and others who they believe were involved in carrying out the drone strike to kill Qassem Soleimani.

Who was Qassem Soleimani?

• Soleimani was in charge of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which the US designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in April last year.
• The Quds Force undertakes Iranian missions in other countries, including covert ones.

Related Information

International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)

• It is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
• Headquartered in Lyon, France, it was founded in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission.
• It provides investigative support, expertise, and training to law enforcement worldwide in battling three major areas of transnational crime: terrorism, cybercrime, and organized crime.
• India accepted INTERPOL membership in June 1956.

INTERPOL Notices

• INTERPOL Notices are international requests for cooperation or alerts, allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.
• Notices are published by the General Secretariat at the request of a National Central Bureau and are made available to all their member countries.

INTERPOL’s system of colour-coded Notices

Types of Notice:

Red Notice:

• To seek the location and arrest of wanted persons wanted for prosecution or to serve a sentence.

Yellow Notice:

• To help locate missing persons, often minors, or to help identify persons who are unable to identify themselves.

Blue Notice:

• To collect additional information about a person’s identity, location or activities in relation to a crime.

Black Notice:

• To seek information on unidentified bodies.

Green Notice:

• To provide a warning about a person’s criminal activities, where the person is considered to be a possible threat to public safety.

Orange Notice:

• To warn of an event, a person, an object or a process representing a serious and imminent threat to public safety.

Purple Notice:

• To seek or provide information on modus operandi, objects, devices and concealment methods used by criminals.

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