Green notices can only be used where there is an active investigation ongoing into suspected crimes in progress. Not just because someone is on the SOR.

Interpol's own information on Green Notices is that they are "to provide warnings and intelligence about persons who have committed criminal offences and are likely to repeat these crimes in other countries." As you say, a notice shouldn't be issued just because someone is on the SOR, but people's experience is that this still happens in some cases. They don't necessarily need a good reason, they just need a decent excuse, and they may well rely on people being reluctant to take legal action over it. If they go for a judicial review, there is every chance that the judgement will be posted to one of the legal databases, which will make sure they are on Google. A Green Notice should be the result of a risk assessment, but the risk assessed isn't always the risk of an offence being committed; it might well be the risk of trouble if they don't issue a Green Notice and something happens, whatever the risk of that actually is.


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Here's the guidance from the UK College of Policing manual.

Three specific comments:

1. The diffusion system can be used to notify a specific country rather than a Green Notice that is available to all countries
2. Even for low risk offenders, if they are travelling to a high risk country that may be a factor that could trigger a notice
3. For SISII (within EU), anyone on the SOR is automatically classed as 'high risk' on ViSOR and SIS alterts are issued as standard.  In theory, outside the EU a risk assessment should be done on an individual basis and the decision to use notices/diffusions should be proportionate i.e everyone on SOR isn't automatically classified as high risk by their PPU for non-EU travel.

Publication of green notices and diffusions regarding travelling sexual offenders

Home Office Circular 20/2001 sets out amendments to the Sex Offenders Act 1997 which allow more intrusive management of sex offenders, including notification of foreign travel.A Green Notice is used for non-Schengen countries to provide warnings and intelligence about persons who have committed criminal offences and are likely to repeat these crimes in other countries. The decision to use these are on a case by case basis.The criteria for circulation of green notices include:

• For very high and high-risk sexual offenders – if the local force receives notification of foreign travel and considers dissemination of this information to other countries necessary and proportionate, they can submit a green notice application to the UK NCB accompanied by a form C risk assessment. The UK INTERPOL NCB will quality assure both documents before disseminating through INTERPOL channels, if appropriate.
• For medium-risk offenders – these are dealt with by way of diffusion where appropriate, or a green notice. Each will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
• For low-risk offenders – it is not usual practice to notify the country of destination or INTERPOL unless there is specific intelligence to warrant a diffusion or green notice, eg, the individual may be travelling to a high-risk country.

The final decision in relation to circulating INTERPOL diffusions or colour notices sits with the NCB which, in liaison with the subject’s offender manager and the force’s ILO, consider which notification should be used on a case-by-case basis.

I find it pretty funny that SOs are fleeing to North Korea in order to feel free :-)

Hang on - so a Green Notice, by its nature, is sent to all countries in the system?

Hi
Please see my article of "how do you prove you are a low risk".
Just a bit of a back ground to show relevance follows sorry.. lol
In brief I am a first offender (now ex-offender), a low risk and extremely unlikely to reoffend, very rarely visited and most of my SOPO conditions been removed.
I have an issue removing the final 2 which no one can qualify why I have them. the only response I receive is "prove you are not a risk", but will not tell or guide me how I am to do this.
Relevance:
I mention this because I would advise you to research the countries embassy sites, keep a record of events and documents rising from your research/discussions and ask the PPU what notification actions they will take.

I lost money on a trip I was going on and could not claim it back. My only happiness was proving the PPU had not been truthful in their actions to a Judge.

Good luck and hopefully your journeys will go past the UK's borders. 

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