INTERPOL Red Notices in Georgia

Run two legal tracks in parallel

An INTERPOL issue may require action before INTERPOL’s Commission for the Control of Files and separate representation in Georgia. A CCF request does not automatically stop Georgian police, border, arrest or extradition procedure, and a Georgian ruling does not by itself delete data from INTERPOL’s system.

Confirm what record exists

Not every Red Notice is public, and a diffusion or other police record may produce a similar practical concern. Collect the passport identity, alternative spellings, date and place of birth, nationality, requesting country, foreign case number, warrant or judgment, prior decisions and any airport or police document. Avoid assuming the record from an online search result alone.

Georgia’s domestic legal response

Georgian authorities decide whether the available information satisfies Georgian arrest and extradition law. If the person is arrested because of international wanted status, the prosecutor and magistrate-judge procedure under the Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters applies. Identity, request validity, offence, foreign case status and available refusal grounds should be examined immediately.

Access, correction and deletion through the CCF

The CCF handles individual requests for access to, correction of or deletion of personal data in INTERPOL’s Information System. The submission should identify the applicant precisely, authorise the representative, explain the requested remedy and provide organised evidence. Since 26 March 2026, INTERPOL directs ordinary CCF requests through its secure online portal.

Issues the CCF may examine

• Accuracy and sufficiency of identity and judicial information
• Whether the data serves a permitted international police-cooperation purpose
• Compliance with INTERPOL’s Constitution and Rules on the Processing of Data
• Predominantly political, military, religious or racial character under Article 3
• Human-rights consistency under Article 2 and the applicable practice
• Developments such as withdrawal, acquittal, dismissal, limitation or corrected identity

Evidence should answer the actual compliance ground

Attach complete, translated and verifiable decisions rather than isolated excerpts. For a political-character argument, explain the parties, chronology, conduct alleged, public context and why the ordinary-crime element does not predominate. For an identity error, use civil-status, travel and biometric material. For a concluded case, prove the finality and legal effect of the decision.

Foreign counsel and source-country action

Where possible, determine whether the underlying warrant can be appealed, withdrawn or corrected in the requesting state. A source-country ruling may materially assist both the CCF submission and the Georgian case, but counsel should avoid inconsistent factual positions or an unintended submission to jurisdiction.

Travel and urgent planning

Do not promise that a non-public record is absent or that deletion will remove every national database entry. Before travel, review citizenship, route, immigration history, known warrants and any pending CCF or court decision. If stopped in Georgia, request counsel and an interpreter and obtain the domestic arrest record.