Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse and Iwan Dijksteel, who were sentenced to twenty years in prison, for their involvement in the December murders of 1982, are now officially wanted by the international police organization Interpol.
The Public Prosecution Service announced on Tuesday evening that it had officially initiated the process to use Interpol to track down Bouterse and Dijksteel, according to Surinamese newspaper de Ware Tijd. At the national level they have already been identified for arrest by order of the Attorney General.
Now they are also on the Interpol Red Notice List, the newspaper said. A Red Notice is an official request to law enforcement authorities worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action. It is based on an arrest or court order issued by the judicial authorities in the requesting country.
The Public Prosecution Service called for the cooperation of the public and the international community to provide information about the current whereabouts of Bouterse and Dijksteel. Individuals with relevant information should contact the Military Police Criminal Investigation Department, the newspaper report said.