Monthly Archives: December 2017

30th Dec 2017

Panama prepares to extradite former Mexican governor

Panama is preparing to extradite former Mexican governor of Quintana Roo Roberto Borge to Mexico, after it approved a request for his extradition on 15 December. Mexico accuses Mr Borge of corruption, money laundering, and fraud, including the sale of state-owned land at a fraction of its value. Mr Borge was arrested on 4 June […]

30th Dec 2017

Greece grants asylum to pilot sought by Turkey on coup charges

Greece has granted asylum to the co-pilot of a helicopter used to fly 7 Turkish military officers to Greece last year following the failed 15 July coup. Turkey has long called for the co-pilot and the 7 officers to be extradited, a request that was blocked by Greece’s Supreme Court in January 2016 over fears […]

29th Dec 2017

Panama approves extradition of former Mexican governor Roberto Borge

Panama has approved the extradition of Roberto Borge to Mexico, where he was formerly governor of the state Quintana Roo and is accused of several offences including corruption and involvement in organised crime. Among other things, he is said to have sold state-owned properties at 1% of their value. Mr Borge was first arrested in […]

29th Dec 2017

Bill Browder calls for Russia’s Interpol membership to be suspended

Bill Browder, who this week was sentenced in absentia by a Court in Moscow to 9 years imprisonment, has called on Interpol “to suspend Russia’s membership for flagrant abuse of the Interpol system” after Russia lodged its 6th request for his arrest and extradition. The previous 5 applications were turned down for being politically motivated. […]

29th Dec 2017

US extradites former Salvadoran military officer to Spain

The US has extradited former Salvadoran military officer Inocente Orlando Montano to Spain, where he faces charges for his alleged involvement in planning the 1989 massacre of 6 Jesuit priests and 2 others in El Salvador. A US court ruled last year that the evidence demonstrated his involvement in the plot, and this month the […]

27th Dec 2017

Zimbabwe calls on Interpol to locate ex-ministers suspected of corruption

Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called on Interpol to locate former cabinet ministers from Robert Mugabe’s administration who are believed to have stolen state assets during their time in power. Among those said to have been involved are Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere, and Paddy Zhanda. All 3 were also key members of the group […]

22nd Dec 2017

Spanish court approves extradition of 93 to China

Spain’s National Court has ruled in favour of extraditing 93 Chinese citizens to China, all of whom are suspected of involvement in Spanish gangs that defrauded people in China out of millions of pounds through telephone scams. Spain was notified about the scam over a year ago, and since that time cooperated with China to […]

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