The Interpol has issued Red Corner Notices (RCNs) against two Italian nationals Carlo Gerosa and Guido Ralph Haschke at the behest of the Enforcement Directorate for their alleged role in money laundering in the controversial VVIP helicopter deal worth Rs 3,600 crore from AgustaWestland.
The RCNs against Gerosa and Haschke were issued after a special court here had issued non-bailable warrants against them on the plea of the ED.
An RCN, according to Interpol, is issued “to seek the location and arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition or similar lawful action” in a criminal case probe.
The latest notice against the duo states the foreign nationals are “wanted by the judicial authorities of India for prosecution/to serve a sentence” under various sections of the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMlA).
Another accused of the ED in the same case, British national Christian Michel James, has already been notified for arrest by the Interpol earlier this month on the request of the CBI which is also probing criminality in the case.
ED had earlier claimed in the court that AgustaWestland had allegedly paid a “kickback” of around 70 million Euros, out of which around 30
million Euros was paid to James and his firm Global Services FZE, Dubai, while Gerosa and Haschke had cornered the rest. ED, in July 2014, had lodged a separate case under PMlA against several persons after taking cognisance of a CBI FIR registered earlier.