27th Dec 2019
In a co-ordinated effort between the NCA, Merseyside Police and Dutch Police, Daniel Burdett was arrested on Christmas Day in The Hague pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant. Mr Burdett, from Liverpool, was sought by Merseyside Police in connection with 10 charges of conspiracy to import firearms and ammunition and conspiracy to supply Class A […]
27th Dec 2019
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has suspended a decision by the country’s justice minister to extradite Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik to France until it hears his appeal. Mr Vinnik is alleged to have been involved in the laundering of billions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Mr Vinnik was first arrested in Greece in […]
21st Dec 2019
Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the death of Harry Dunn who died when his motorbike was hit by her car outside RAF Croughton on 27 August 2019. It is alleged that Mrs Sacoolas was travelling on the wrong side of […]
17th Dec 2019
On Monday 16 December, Ian Bailey was arrested and subsequently granted bail after the High Court in Dublin gave effect to a European Arrest Warrant (“EAW”) issued by French Authorities. This is the third warrant issued for Mr Bailey’s extradition in relation to the 1996 murder of French film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Co […]
11th Dec 2019
A Canadian judge in the Meng Wanzhou extradition case has ordered the Canadian Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) to disclose more documents relating to the Huawei CFO’s arrest. Ms Meng alleges that she was unlawfully detained and that the present proceedings are an abuse of process. Chief Justice Heather […]
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