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How the UK’s latest move targets fraud-linked wealth under Interpol’s pilot Silver Notice system
Readers of this blog will note that we reported on Interpol’s new Silver Notices at the beginning of this year. Now, the United Kingdom has secured what is believed to be only the second Interpol Silver Notice since the system’s launch.
The notice targets convicted fraudster Anopkumar Maudhoo, who was convicted last month after orchestrating an elaborate conveyancing fraud scheme that offered bogus investment opportunities in supposedly repossessed properties.
This notice comes just three months after Inteprol published its inaugural Silver Notice in January 2025, requested by Italy to track assets belonging to a senior mafia figure. The Silver Notice system, the newest addition to Interpol’s suite of colour-coded notices, is designed to facilitate the tracing and recovery of illicit assets across international borders.
As our Ben Keith and Rhys Davies highlighted in their recent evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Interpol’s notice systems require robust safeguards against potential misuse. In their evidence to Parliament last month, they set out how international policing tools can sometimes be weaponised by authoritarian regimes for transnational repression.
Unlike the more well-known Red Notices that focus on locating fugitives, Silver Notices are designed to target the financial underpinnings of criminal enterprises. They enable international cooperation in identifying and freezing assets such as properties, vehicles, financial accounts, and businesses linked to criminal activities, including fraud, corruption, and drug trafficking.
The new notice system is currently in a pilot phase involving 52 countries and territories, scheduled to run until at least November 2025. During this period, participating countries can collectively request up to 500 Silver Notices and Diffusions.
The Silver Notice appears to be proving its worth as part of Interpol’s broader ecosystem of international cooperation tools. With an estimated 99 percent of criminal assets remaining unrecovered globally, according to Interpol, the new system seeks to plug a gap in transnational law enforcement. As with other Interpol notices, Silver Notices must comply with Articles 2 and 3 of Interpol’s constitution, which prohibit their use for political, military, religious, or racial purposes.
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