Kenya: Samantha Lewthwaite Hunted By Interpol

Interpol has issued an arrest notice for British 'white widow' Samantha Lewthwaite at the request of Kenya.

The agency issued a Red Notice, or internationally wanted persons alert, following the massacre at a shopping mall in Nairobi.

Lewthwaite, 29, is wanted by Kenya on charges of being in possession of explosives and conspiracy to commit a crime dating back to December 2011.

Circulated to all 190 Interpol member countries, the Red Notice represents one of the agency's most powerful tools in tracking international fugitives.

"By requesting an Interpol Red Notice, Kenya has activated a global 'tripwire' for this fugitive," said Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble.

Samantha Lewthwaite's fake passport

"Through the Interpol Red Notice, Kenyan authorities have ensured that all 190 member countries are aware of the danger posed by this woman, not just across the region but also worldwide," he added.

Sky's foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall said: "There is nothing to suggest that she was in the shopping complex - she might have been - but there is nothing to suggest she was.

"She is wanted for fundraising and now that Kenya has made the request to Interpol it is normal form that they will issue the red notice."

Marshall added that the arrest notice actually made "very little difference indeed" in the search for Lewthwaite.

Lewthwaite is also known as 'Natalie Webb'

"In all the different countries that are members of Interpol it comes up that this is a person of interest - if you get hold of her please keep hold of her and inform the country that put the request in, in this case Kenya."

There has been intense speculation linking Lewthwaite, 29, to the Nairobi shopping mall attack by Islamist militants from the al Qaida-linked al Shabab group.

The Kenya authorities have said forensic experts are working to establish if any of the attackers was female after receiving reports that a British woman was involved.

Lewthwaite - who uses the alias "Natalie Webb" - had previously only been wanted at national level for the  possession of a fake South African passport.

Mr Noble said her case highlighted the "invisible threat"' posed by terrorists and criminals travelling internationally using illicit passports.

"Every year hundreds of millions of individuals are boarding international transport and crossing borders without having the authenticity of their travel or identity document checked," he said.

"This dramatically compromises our ability to effectively screen and identify at airports and land crossings those individuals who could be suspected criminals and terrorists."

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