International Notice Program

An integral part of the service INTERPOL Provideto member country police forces is the dissemination of subject lookouts and advisories through the circulation of INTERPOL notices. These notices, color-coded to designate their specific purposes, are published at the request of a member country by the INTERPOL General Secretariat in the organization's four official languages. The NCBs then receive and distribute the notices among appropriate law enforcement authorities within their respective countries. Ten different types of notices exist to communicate various kinds of criminal information.

Red Notices

Seek arrest of subjects for whom an arrest warrant has been issued and where extradition will be requested (fugitives).

Seek information (identity, criminal record) for subjects who have committed criminal offenses, and used to trace and locate a subject where extradition may be sought (unidentified offenders, witnesses).

Green Notices

Provide information on career criminals who have committed, or are likely to commit, offenses in several countries (habitual offenders, child molesters, pornographers).

Yellow Notices

Seek missing or lost persons (including parental abductions and missing children).

Black Notices

Provide details of unidentified dead bodies or deceased people who may have used false identities.

Stolen Property Notices

Circulate details and descriptions of all types of stolen or seized property, including art and cultural objects.

Purple Notices

Provide details of unusual modus operandi, including new methods of concealment.

Gray Notices

Provide information on various organized crime groups and their activities.

Orange Notices

Provide information on criminal activity with international ramifications, but not involving a specific person or group.

FOPAC Bulletins

Provide money laundering information for use in countering international money laundering.

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