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Interpol Silver Notice

An INTERPOL Silver Notice is a pilot tool, first published in 2025, that lets member countries request information to identify and trace criminal assets — properties, vehicles, financial accounts and businesses linked to crimes such as fraud, corruption, drug trafficking or environmental crime. It targets assets rather than people, but the person whose assets are named can feel its effect in banking, business and reputation.

Our lawyers can assess what a Silver Notice means for you and, where it breaches INTERPOL’s rules, challenge it before the CCF.

Interpol Silver Notice
Ahmed Abdelmawgoud
Ahmed AbdelmawgoudLegal Adviser — INTERPOL & International Criminal Law
·Updated ·3 min read

What is Silver Notice?

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There are many types of Interpol notices: Yellow notice, Blue notice, Green notice, Orange notice and Purple Notice. However, to improve Interpol’s financial crime prevention program there is a special silver notice. This type of international requests has gained prominence, particularly within various establishments such as anti corruption centre, financial institutions and the criminal justice system as a whole.

While the phrase may not be universally recognized, it plays a critical role in ensuring global efforts and international cooperation against serious and imminent threat connected to organized crime and illicit financial flows. This article delves into the meaning of a Silver Notice, its complex nature, and its implications for communities and other authorities.

A Silver Notice asks other member countries for information that helps locate and identify assets linked to a person’s criminal activities: real estate, vehicles, financial accounts and companies. Countries can then use what they learn to make a bilateral request — for example to seize or recover the assets — under their own national law.

In the pilot, which INTERPOL ran with 52 countries and territories at least until November 2025, participants could jointly request up to 500 Silver Notices and Silver Diffusions.

What are the functions of Silver Notice?

Who Issues the Silver Notice?

The Interpol Silver Notice — piloted by Interpol in 2025 — is used to trace and locate illicit assets linked to criminal activity across borders. Because it can affect reputation and finances, wrongful or politically-motivated use can be challenged before the CCF.

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Like other notices, a Silver Notice is published by INTERPOL’s General Secretariat at the request of a member country’s National Central Bureau, after a check that the request complies with INTERPOL’s rules. A country can also send a Silver Diffusion directly to other national bureaus.

Is it Possible to Abuse Interpol’s Silver Card?

Yes. Like any notice, a Silver Notice can be requested for purposes that breach INTERPOL’s rules — for example, to put pressure on a party to a commercial dispute or on a political opponent — or it can rest on inaccurate information. Such data can be challenged before the CCF.

A Silver Notice can affect bank relationships, company transactions and reputation long before any court is involved. This is how our lawyers can help:

  1. Legal Guidance Through the Process: we explain what a Silver Notice or diffusion means for you and your assets and which national procedures may follow.
  2. Coordinating with Counsel Abroad: asset seizure and recovery requests run under national law, so we work with local lawyers where the assets are located.
  1. Data Protection and the CCF: if the data is inaccurate, out of date or politically motivated, we request access to it and seek its correction or deletion before the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files.
  2. Following Up on Legal Options: if assets are frozen or a seizure request follows, we help you assess and use the remedies available in the jurisdiction concerned.

If you believe a Silver Notice or diffusion concerns you or your assets, contact our team for a confidential assessment.

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FAQ

When was the Interpol Silver Notice introduced?

Interpol launched the Silver Notice as a pilot in 2025 to help trace illicit assets across borders.

Can a Silver Notice be challenged?

Yes. If it is wrongful or politically motivated, it can be contested before the CCF.

What does a Silver Notice target?

Assets and proceeds linked to criminal activity, to support their identification and recovery.

Ahmed Abdelmawgoud
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Ahmed Abdelmawgoud Legal Adviser — INTERPOL & International Criminal Law
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This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. For advice specific to your situation, please consult a qualified lawyer.

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