Nine people wanted by Monaco under Interpol Red Notices have been extradited to the Principality since the beginning of 2025, in cases involving drug trafficking, cybercrime and offences against people and property.
The extraditions were completed with assistance from authorities in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Serbia and Azerbaijan, Monaco’s Police Department revealed on Monday 7th September, marking the International Day of Police Cooperation.
No information was released about the identities or nationalities of those extradited, the countries from which individual suspects were returned or the specific proceedings against them.
Monaco’s most public Red Notice
The most prominent Red Notice issued at Monaco’s request during this period concerned Anastasiia Berezovska, the 39-year-old Ukrainian woman suspected of involvement in the bomb attack that injured businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner and their son in Monaco on 29th June.
Berezovska was wanted for attempted murder, placing an explosive device in a public place with criminal intent and criminal conspiracy. The Red Notice was issued on 3rd July after investigators traced her reported escape from Monaco through France and several other European countries.
She was not among the nine people extradited to Monaco. Her body was found with gunshot wounds near Kyiv on 6th July, according to Ukrainian prosecutors, and two men were subsequently detained in connection with her death. The investigation into the Monaco bombing and those suspected of assisting or directing the attack remains separate.
What is an Interpol Red Notice?
A Red Notice asks law-enforcement authorities around the world to locate and provisionally arrest a wanted person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action.
It is issued at the request of a member country on the basis of a domestic arrest warrant or court order. Interpol stresses that a Red Notice is not itself an international arrest warrant, with each country applying its own laws when deciding whether to detain the person concerned.
Monaco’s role in the origins of Interpol
Monaco’s announcement also highlighted the Principality’s place in the history of international police cooperation.
In April 1914, Prince Albert I brought police and judicial representatives from 24 countries together in Monaco for the first International Criminal Police Congress. Discussions included extradition procedures, identification methods and the creation of centralised international criminal records.
The initiative helped lay the foundations for the organisation that would become Interpol, formally established in 1923.
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