{"id":231979,"date":"2026-06-22T13:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeancourt.org\/?page_id=231979"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:55:56","slug":"2025-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europeancourt.org\/en\/documents\/interpol\/commission-control-files\/decision-excerpts\/2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CCF Decision No. 2 (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tags:<\/strong> Due process; Lawfulness \/ validity of proceedings; Description of criminal activities
Decision:<\/strong> Not compliant
Data type:<\/strong> Red Notice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Decision of the Commission
Requests Chamber<\/h1>\n

Request concerning [the Applicant]<\/p>\n

(Ref. CCF\/[xxx]\/[xxx])<\/p>\n

[xxx]th session
[date]<\/p>\n

The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL\u2019s Files (the Commission), sitting as the Requests Chamber, composed of:<\/p>\n

Members,<\/p>\n

Having deliberated during its [xxx]th session, on [date], delivered the following Decision.<\/p>\n

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I. Procedure<\/h2><\/div>
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1. On [date], Mr [the Applicant] presented a request for access to the information concerning him, registered in INTERPOL\u2019s files. On [date], the Commission found the request admissible as per Rule 30 of its Operating Rules<\/a> and informed the Applicant thereof. After being authorized by the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) source of data, the Commission informed the Applicant on [date] that he is wanted through INTERPOL\u2019s channels by [Country 1], and provided the information described in paragraphs 5<\/a> and 6<\/a> below.<\/p>\n

2. On [date], the Applicant lodged a request for the deletion of the information concerning him, registered in INTERPOL\u2019s files. On [date], the Commission informed the Applicant of the admissibility of his new request.<\/p>\n

3. During the study of the Applicant\u2019s case, the Commission consulted the NCB of [Country 1], and the INTERPOL General Secretariat (IPSG) in accordance with Article 34(1) of the Statute of the Commission<\/a>, on the arguments set forth in the request.<\/p>\n

4. Both the Applicant and the NCB source of the challenged data were informed of the fact that the Commission would study the case during its [xxx]th session.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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II. Data Recorded in INTERPOL\u2019s Files<\/h2><\/div>
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5. The Applicant, a national of [Country 3], is the subject of a Red Notice issued on [date], at the request of the NCB of [Country 1] for \u2018tax evasion while taking profit in a large amount and illegal entrepreneurship\u2019 on the basis of an arrest warrant issued on [date] by the [Country 1] district court, in [Country 1].<\/p>\n

6. The facts of the case state the following: \u2018From [date] to [date], [Country 1]: The a\/m person was a director of [Company 1]\u2019s branch in the Republic of [Country 1] registered in [Country 1] Taxes Department as a taxpayer. The declaration of the period from [date] to [date], presented to the tax authority showed that a\/m person evaded paying taxes to the government budget in an amount of [xxx]. In the period from [date] to [date] he was involved in an illegal entrepreneurship without a special license while it was needed. He took a profit in amount of [xxx] from construction and installation works\u2019.<\/p>\n

7. The Applicant is also subject to data registered in the INTERPOL Information System within a Criminal Analysis File (CAF) concerning the prevention and fight against financial crime with a transnational dimension. His status specified in the CAF is that of a person of interest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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III. The Applicant\u2019s Submissions<\/h2><\/div>
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8. The Applicant requested the deletion of the data concerning him, contending, in essence that:<\/p>\n

a) there is a lack of due process;<\/p>\n

b) the case is of an administrative nature; and<\/p>\n

c) there are some irregularities in the proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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IV. Applicable Legal Framework<\/h2><\/div>
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9. The Commission considers the following applicable legal framework.<\/p>\n

9.1. Field of competence of the Commission:<\/div>\n