Types of INTERPOL Notices

An INTERPOL notice or International Notice is issued by INTERPOL to share critical crime-related information between its member countries. There are seven types, six of which are known by their colour codes.Based on requests from National Central Bureaus (NCBs), the General Secretariat produces notices in all of the organization’s official languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

Besides these notices are used by the International Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Court to seek persons wanted for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

The seven types of notices and their objectives are:

1. Red Notice
   To seek the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition.
   
2. Yellow Notice
   To help locate missing persons, often minors, or to help identify persons who are unable to identify themselves.
   
3. Blue Notice
   To collect additional information about a person’s identity or activities in relation to a crime.
   
4. Black Notice
   To seek information on unidentified bodies.
   
5. Green Notice
   To provide warnings and criminal intelligence about persons who have committed criminal offences and are likely to repeat these crimes in other countries.
   
6. Orange Notice
   To warn police, public entities and other international organizations about potential threats from disguised weapons, parcel bombs and other dangerous materials.
   
7. United Nations Special Notice
   Issued for groups and individuals who are the targets of UN sanctions against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.