On 2 September 2015, it was reported that Swiss prosecutors have denied a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) request from India’s law enforcement agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in connection with bribery allegations linked with SAN Swiss Arms and Rheinmetall Air Defence (RAD). A report by the Global Investigations Review is here (paywall). […]
On 1 September 2015, a former violin teacher at Chetham School of Music, Chris Ling, committed suicide before he was due to be extradited to the United Kingdom, to face 77 potential charges of sex offences against 10 former pupils allegedly committed between 1983 and 1990. A report is here. In January 2014, it was […]
On 27 August 2015, it was reported that the US Department of Justice has requested that Switzerland give priority to a request by the United States to extradite the former head of the Nicaraguan Football Federation, and ‘provisionally banned’ FIFA development officer, Julio Rocha, ahead of an extradition request made by his native Nicaragua. A […]
On 28 August 2015, District Judge Quentin Purdy, sitting in Westminster Magistrates’ Court, rejected the application by Mr Sarao’s legal team to delay his extradition hearing to a date after September 2015. A report is here. Previous posts are available here. Mr Sarao’s lawyer submitted, inter alia, that more time was needed to obtain expert […]
On 18 August 2015, it was reported that a Polish court had received the assistance that it requested from the United States, in connection with the extradition of the filmmaker Roman Polanski. Mr Polanski faces extradition to the US, for sentencing, in connection with a child sex conviction. A report is here. 1977 Sexual Assault […]
At an extradition hearing held on 24 August 2015, the lawyer for Nicolás Leoz, the former President of the South American football confederation (CONMEBOL), requested the dismissal of a US extradition request for Mr Leoz, on the basis of legal defects in the 1998 extradition treaty between the US and Paraguay. The report is here. […]
On 13 August 2015, it was reported that the civil action brought by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against the British “flash crash” trader, Navinder Singh Sarao, has been put on hold whilst US prosecutors seek his extradition from the United Kingdom, to face related criminal charges. A report is here. A […]
On 10 August 2015, it was reported that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), is considering seeking the extradition of a man suspected of murdering Jennifer Dornan in her home, from Mountjoy Prison, in the Republic of Ireland. A report is here. On 2 August 2015, Ms Dornan was stabbed in her home in […]
On 10 August 2015, Senior District Judge Riddle dismissed the case against General Karenzi Karake, whose extradition from the United Kingdom was sought by Spain, for war crimes committed against Spanish nationals in Rwanda in the 1990s. A report is here. A previous blog is here. CPS Statement Following a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, […]
On 9 August 2015, it was reported that Lauri Love, who faces extradition to the United States to face hacking charges, fears that he will be denied a fair trial in the country. The report is here. A previous blog is here. Mr Love, in his first official statement after his re-arrest on 15 July […]
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