Trusted Expertise

INTERPOL and International Extradition

NEMETS advises and represents individuals challenging INTERPOL Red Notices, diffusions and other government requests disseminated via INTERPOL's channels. Although INTERPOL, the world's largest international police organization with 196 member countries, plays an important role in fighting crime, its resources are often abused by governments that use the Organization to persecute political opponents or entrepreneurs-victims of illegal takeovers of their businesses. INTERPOL's constitution requires that the Organization act in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and strictly forbids it from undertaking any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character. Individuals have the right to challenge abusive Red Notices, diffusions and other non-compliant government requests before the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files (CCF), an independent body established to ensure that the information disseminated via INTERPOL's channels is processed in accordance with the Organization's constitution and regulations. If a Red Notice, diffusion or other government request is based on a politically motivated or otherwise corrupt prosecution, INTERPOL must refuse to cooperate with the government and delete its request from the Organization's databases.

Yuriy Nemets, the law firm's managing member, has successfully advised and represented individuals on the INTERPOL wanted list. Additionally, he has testified as an expert witness on the subject of INTERPOL abuse and the rights of individuals on the international wanted list in courts. His articles on the topic are published in authoritative law reviews and journals. He is the founder of the Red Notice Abuse Report, a popular and widely cited blog dedicated to the problems of INTERPOL abuse and defending the rights of victims of such abuse. At the request of the United States Helsinki Commission, Yuriy has drafted amendments to INTERPOL's rules necessary to protect the rights of individuals on the international wanted list and amendments to the United States legislation to stop the practice of using INTERPOL Red Notices and diffusions as evidence against individuals in bond, asylum and extradition hearings. Yuriy is a member of a working group on reforming INTERPOL. He has spoken on the topic at events organized by the American Bar Association and Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists and as a guest lecturer at Texas A&M School of Law. He has given multiple interviews and has been quoted in television, print and online media. He regularly advises reporters and scholars covering INTERPOL abuse.

Human Rights

For over fourteen years, NEMETS has been advising clients on human rights and international human rights treaties. The law firm has significant experience in this area and is prepared to represent its clients before the United Nations Human Rights Committee and in other individual complaint procedures under the United Nations human rights treaties.

Defamation, Know Your Customer Laws, Banking

The Internet has made the protection of individual and corporate reputations more topical and complicated than ever. In order to comply with banking, anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) laws, financial institutions look ever more closely into their current and prospective clients' backgrounds. A false statement published in a reputable media source or on an obscure website, which directly or indirectly accuses an individual or a corporation of money laundering, fraud, corruption, organized crime, terrorism financing or other criminal activity, may drive away business partners and make a financial institution turn down a prospective client or terminate an otherwise successful relationship with its long-time customer. NEMETS has advised and successfully represented clients in defamation matters and helped them recover their reputations and remedy the negative repercussions of false and defamatory publications.