Interpol secretary-general Ronald Noble
September 09, 2011
WORLD police body Interpol has called for the arrest of fugitive former Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi for his alleged crimes against humanity, following a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Interpol said it had issued a "red notice" for the arrest of Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam and his intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, one day after ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked for the agency's help.The international police organisation asked its 188 member countries "to take all measures consistent with their national laws to help the ICC locate and apprehend Gaddafi".
The "request for Interpol 'red notices' will significantly restrict the ability of all three men to cross international borders and is a powerful tool to help in their location and arrest," Interpol secretary-general Ronald Noble said.
"Gaddafi is a fugitive whose country of nationality and the International Criminal Court want arrested and held accountable for the serious criminal charges that have been brought against him," Noble said.
A "red notice" by the international police co-operation agency, which is based in the central French city of Lyon, seeks the arrest for an extradition or surrender of a person to an international court based on an arrest warrant.
On June 27, ICC judges agreed to Moreno-Ocampo's request for arrest warrants against Gaddafi, 69, Seif al-Islam, 39, and Senussi, 62, for crimes against humanity committed by Libyan troops on their orders, using "lethal force" to quell the uprising against his regime. Interpol secretary-general Ronald Noble
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