On Sunday 3 November, Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered a stay on the extradition of Aleksey Burkov to the US. Mr Burkov, a Russian IT specialist, is wanted in the US on charges of money laundering, identity theft, fraud and illegal access of a computer relating to a large-scale credit card fraud. The case […]
Background facts The appellant appealed against an order for his extradition to Poland to serve the remainder of his three-year sentence for multiple counts of possession and sale of marijuana on the grounds that changes in his circumstance since the judge’s decision meant that he would have decided the case differently. The appellant had been […]
David Noakes, the former CEO of Immino Biotech a Guernsey based company, is facing extradition to France to face prosecution on nine charges including the marketing of unlicensed medicines. Mr Noakes was convicted by a UK court in November 2018 and sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment. Immuno Biotech illegally made and distributed GcMAF (marketed as […]
Alexander Adamescu has been granted permission to appeal against the decision of District Judge Zani at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to order his extradition to Romania. Mr Adamescu is sought for extradition on two charges of bribing judges. Mr Adamescu’s initial application for permission was refused by the High Court on all six grounds. His renewed […]
Karime Macías, the wife of the former governor of Mexico’s Veracruz province, was arrested in London on Tuesday 29 October. Six hours after her arrest, Ms Macías was released on bail pending an extradition hearing, on the condition she remain in London. Mexico is seeking her extradition in relation to charges of the misuse of […]
Joseph El-Khouri, a US securities trader facing extradition to the US on charges of insider trading, was yesterday denied bail at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Mr El-Khouri is one of six people indicted by the US in connection with a global insider trading ring in the past two weeks. Others implicated in the offending include Edward […]
Background facts The Republic of Azerbaijan (“Requesting State” or “RS”) sought the extradition of Zamira Hajiyeva (“Requested Person” or “RP”) to face prosecution for charges of conspiracy to defraud or embezzlement. The request is governed by Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) and the RS was not required to show a […]
The Government has published an Impact Assessment (“IA”) following on from its announcement in the Queens Speech of a new piece of extradition legislation, the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill to amend Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003. The rationale for intervention is that at present, law enforcement agencies are not able to arrest individuals […]
Background facts The appellant appealed against an order for his extradition to Poland to be prosecuted for a charge of attempting to defraud by sending false emails. Grounds of appeal The question on appeal was whether the trial judge had been wrong in deciding the appellant’s extradition was not barred by section 12A of the […]
The Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime, Brandon Lewis, made a written statement in the House of Commons on Monday 21 October in which he set out the position of evidence obtained form UK telecommunications companies in respect of US prosecutions where the death penalty is an available sentence. The Crime (Overseas Production […]
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