(CNN) -- Interpol issued a Red Notice alert for Libya's former spy chief, who was arrested in Mauritania last week and is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.Libya requested the international alert, a step toward the extradition of Abdullah al-Senussi, the country's former chief of intelligence and one of the Gadhafi regime's most wanted men, according to an Interpol statement Sunday.
"Libyan authorities are currently making intensive contact with their Mauritanian counterparts regarding the handover of al-Senussi based on an arrest warrant issued by the Libyan prosecutor general," a Libyan government statement said Sunday.
Al-Senussi was already the subject of a Red Notice issued last September by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Read More
