Can I request that specific sensitive details be redacted from a Black Notice involving my relative?

By Dr. Anatoliy Yarovyi — Senior Partner

Updated: 26 Oct 2026

Details needed to identify the deceased are unlikely to be removed from a Black Notice. However, where publication of certain details — such as circumstances suggesting suicide, sensitive medical conditions, or locations implying undocumented migration — would cause disproportionate harm to surviving family members without materially aiding identification, representations may be made to the National Central Bureau that requested the notice. Such a request is more likely to be considered where alternative descriptors would be equally effective for identification purposes. There is no published standard timeframe for such requests, and the outcome cannot be guaranteed.