purple notice for 31 August 2025

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Recently, the Enforcement Directorate has secured an Interpol Purple Notice on trade-based money laundering modus operandi.

About Purple Notice

• It is one of eight types published by the Interpol organization.
• Purpose: It provides member countries with information on modus operandi, objects, devices and concealment methods used by criminals.
• Unlike notices that target specific individuals (such as Red Notices), Purple Notices focus on practices and tools that pose a threat to public safety.
• Other notices of Interpol: Red, yellow, blue, Black, green, Orange, Silver Notice (pilot phase)

Key Facts about Interpol

• The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) was founded in 1923
• Members: Interpol is an international police organisation made up of 196 member countries. 
• It does not work under the UN. It has enjoyed a special role – that of Permanent Observer at the United Nations – since 1996.
• Headquarter: Lyon, France.

Functions of Interpol

• It is not a police force in the traditional sense—its agents are not able to arrest criminals.
• It is more of an information-sharing network, providing a way for national police forces to co-operate effectively and 
• tackle international crime ranging from human trafficking and terrorism to money laundering and illegal art dealing.
• Sharing of information is done by issuing colour-coded notices in four languages – English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
• The organization operates centralized criminal databases that contain fingerprint records, DNA samples and stolen documents.

Source: TOI