On 25 February 2019, we reported that the Irish High Court has ordered the extradition of Daniel O’Connell, the alleged “controlling mind” behind a £20 million tax fraud. Mr O’Connell is wanted in the UK for failing to pay almost £13 million under a Confiscation Order. Yesterday, 27 February 2019 it was announced that Mr […]
Today, 27 February 2019, District Judge Vanessa Baraister ordered the extradition of Alexandre Djouhri to France. French authorities have requested Mr Djouhri’s extradition because he is accused of committing fraud by selling a property at an inflated value and bribing a member of French presidential staff for personal gain. He is accused of funnelling money […]
On 26 February 2019, Daniel Mullan began his appeal against his extradition to the US to face charges relating to indecent images of children. In the Irish Court of Appeal, Mr Mullan’s lawyer, Kieran Kelly, submitted that section 2 of the Sexual Offences (Jurisdiction) Act 1996 allows for the prosecution of Irish citizens who have […]
This week, Ireland published a Brexit Bill which relates to extraditions between the UK and Ireland after 29 March 2019, if the UK does not negotiate a deal whereby it remains part of the European Arrest Warrant (“EAW”) system. The Irish Brexit Bill will allow for the extradition of Irish citizens to another State, such […]
The Irish High Court has ordered the extradition of Daniel O’Connell, the alleged “controlling mind” behind a £20 million tax fraud who is wanted in the UK for failing to pay a Confiscation Order of almost £13 million. Mr O’Connell was initially convicted at Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court on 9 August 2000, for five counts […]
Mark Acklom is accused of defrauding Carolyn Woods of nearly £762,000. It is alleged that Mr Acklom dishonestly claimed he was a Swiss banker who worked for MI6 and that he was free to marry Ms Woods. Mr Acklom allegedly induced Ms Woods into giving him £762,000 to renovate a property that he owned and […]
On 28 January 2019, we reported that Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, had been subject to an extradition request from the US. You can find more about the background to the case here. According to Section 14 Canadian Extradition Act 1999 (“EA 1999”), once the subject of the extradition request has been arrested the issuing state […]
On 28 January 2019, we reported that Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, had been subject to an extradition request from the US. You can find more about the background to the case here. Section 3 of the Canadian Extradition Act 1999 (“EA 1999”) provides that a person may be extradited under the Act if: • an […]
On 13 February 2019, we reported that the Canadian Justice Department had until 1 March 2019, to decide whether to grant an “Authority to Proceed” which would allow the extradition hearing of, Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, to take place. On 1 March 2019, the Canadian Justice Department confirmed that they have issued an “Authority to […]
On 7 November 2018, we reported that John Downey had appeared before the Irish High Court to contest his extradition to Northern Ireland. Mr Downey is wanted in Northern Ireland on charges relating to the IRA Hyde Park bombing that took place in 1982. He had previously been put on trial at the Old Bailey […]
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