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highplainsdem

(48,721 posts)
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 11:28 AM Nov 2018

Browder: If Russia allowed to take over Interpol it's like mafia taking over global law enforcement




“If Russia is allowed to take over Interpol it is like the mafia taking over global law enforcement,” Browder told Newsweek.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-american-bill-browder-poisoning-lawyer-putin-1221857





From that Newsweek article:

Moscow, meanwhile, has used its membership in Interpol to pursue the financier, who now resides in the United Kingdom. Browder has occasionally been detained while traveling and later released when officials from various European countries came to the opinion that Russia was using Interpol as a means to persecute a political opponent. On Monday, Russian prosecutors said they will put Browder on a wanted list and that they expect Interpol to cooperate.

A Russian official named Alexander Prokopchuk has been slated to take over the presidency of Interpol after the Chinese head of the organization resigned and then disappeared mysteriously last month. Many analysts say the appointment of a Russian, particularly a veteran of the country’s interior ministry like Prokopchuk, could provide ample opportunity for Russia to abuse Interpol.

"Interpol's role in global law enforcement is dependent upon on the institution's credibility and impartiality," Jonathan Reich, an attorney who represents Russian business persons and anti-corruption dissidents who have been targeted via Interpol," told Newsweek. "Allowing Russia, which is alleged to regularly abuse Interpol's system for political persecution, to assume the presidency of the organization would grievously impair Interpol's credibility and undermine effective cooperation of law enforcement officials."

Browder, meanwhile, agreed that allowing Russia to take charge of Interpol could lead to politically motivated use of the organization.

“Russia has made seven abusive attempts to have me arrested since 2013 on politically motivated charges. If Russia is allowed to take over Interpol it is like the mafia taking over global law enforcement,” Browder told Newsweek.



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Browder: If Russia allowed to take over Interpol it's like mafia taking over global law enforcement (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2018 OP
It'd be like the Nazis taking over Interpol... ck4829 Nov 2018 #1
Garry Kasparov agrees with you. "Dark days" tweet: highplainsdem Nov 2018 #2
Seems appropriate given the last occupant Devil Child Nov 2018 #3
Russian prosecutors bring fresh charges against Kremlin critic Bill Browder Eugene Nov 2018 #4

ck4829

(34,974 posts)
1. It'd be like the Nazis taking over Interpol...
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 11:33 AM
Nov 2018

Which actually happened.

I see nothing good coming from this.

highplainsdem

(48,721 posts)
2. Garry Kasparov agrees with you. "Dark days" tweet:
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 11:40 AM
Nov 2018



The Nazis took over Interpol in 1938 and it was run by SS generals. If its leadership is now handed over to a general from Putin's criminal dictatorship, civilized nations must again abandon it. Dark days.
 

Devil Child

(2,728 posts)
3. Seems appropriate given the last occupant
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 12:52 PM
Nov 2018

The last head was Chinese and has been disappeared by his authoritarian government. The foxes have already been let into the henhouse. Maybe we should also strongly consider a Saudi Prince for the position.

Eugene

(61,592 posts)
4. Russian prosecutors bring fresh charges against Kremlin critic Bill Browder
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 01:40 PM
Nov 2018

Source: The Guardian

Russian prosecutors bring fresh charges against Kremlin critic Bill Browder

New move over 2009 prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky brings fresh alarm over possible Russian Interpol appointment

Shaun Walker
Mon 19 Nov 2018 11.17 GMT

Russian authorities have announced new charges against the US-born British financier William Browder – another twist in a highly politicised case that has seen the Kremlin tirelessly go after one of its most vocal international critics.

On Monday, prosecutors in Moscow accused Browder of organising a “transnational criminal group” and claimed he may have poisoned Sergei Magnitsky, the lawyer who uncovered huge government-linked fraud and died in prison. Browder has accused Russian prison officials of causing Magnitsky’s death. Prosecutors said the charges carried a potential 20-year sentence.

The move would increase unease about the prospect of a Russian candidate taking over Interpol, the international police agency. The Sunday Times reported that British officials believe Alexander Prokopchuk, a 56-year-old veteran of the Russian interior ministry, was likely to be elected the next secretary general of the organisation during its general assembly this week. It comes after Interpol’s Chinese head Meng Hongwei resigned in October. China’s anti-corruption authorities have been investigating him.

Russia has made a habit of using Interpol’s “red notice” international arrest warrants in cases Kremlin critics believe to be politicised, including on multiple occasions against Browder. Earlier this year, Browder was detained by Spanish authorities, apparently on an Interpol warrant requested by Russia. He was released after a squall of publicity and complaints from supporters.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/19/russian-prosecutors-accuse-bill-browder-over-sergei-magnitsky-lawyer-death
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