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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by nfriedly on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:52PM (#24285876)
I was curious, so I went and looked up what a Red Notice is:

> What is a Red Notice? [...] Information related to the crime they are wanted for, which can typically be murder, rape, child abuse or armed robbery. [1]

Using it to go after people who share movies for free seems like a gross abuse of the system.

[1]: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/Red-Notices

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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by tpush on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:07PM (#24287277)
Nonsense. If you read your own link red notices are simply issued for wanted criminals likely to flee to another country; what crime was committed is largely irrelevant.

This is opposed to yellow notices, which are for missing persons.

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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by buzer on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @06:44PM (#24288165)
According to the rules of Interpol, it should only be used for serious crimes. There should be some kind of non-exhaustive list, but it's probably not public.

Article 83 @ https://www.interpol.int/en/content/download/5694/file/24%20...

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Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir... by casefields on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:23PM (#24287442)
Also important to add that red notices themselves are not arrest warrants. People get that confused.
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