https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20gg729y1yo
“Thousands of files provided by a whistleblower at Interpol expose for the
first time the extent of Russia's apparent abuse of the international policing
agency to target its critics abroad.
The data provided to the
BBC World Service and French investigative outlet,
Disclose, reveals that Russia is using Interpol's wanted lists to request the
arrest of people such as political opponents, businessmen and journalists,
claiming that they have committed crimes.
Analysis of data also suggests that over the past decade, Interpol's own
independent complaints unit has received more complaints about Russia than
anyone else - three times more than the next highest country, Turkey.
In addition, it indicates complaints against Moscow's requests have led to more
cases being overturned than for any other country.
After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Interpol introduced extra checks
on Moscow's activity "to prevent any potential misuse of Interpol's channels in
relation to the targeting of individuals within or beyond the conflict in
Ukraine".
But the leaked documents suggest these did not prevent Russia abusing the
system and the whistleblower told us some stricter measures were quietly
dropped in 2025.”
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
