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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
An Indian couple living in London are fighting attempts by the Indian government to extradite them from the UK to stand trial on six charges, including conspiracy to murder and kidnapping. Arti Dhir and Kaval Raijada are alleged to have arranged for the murder of their adopted son for profit. They were initially arrested in […]
John Downey handed himself in to Letterkenny Garda Station on Friday 11 October in order to be extradited to Northern Ireland where he was remanded in custody and charged with the murders of two Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers in 1972. Mr Downey appeared in Omagh magistrates’ court on Saturday where bail was refused on the […]
Aman Vyas arrived at London Heathrow airport on Friday 4 October after a protracted battle to secure his extradition. Mr Vyas was initially arrest in 2011 while attempting to board a plane at Delhi airport following the circulation of an INTERPOL Red Notice. In September, the Delhi High Court dismissed his petition to challenge the […]
The United States and the United Kingdom have entered into the first agreement made under the US Cloud Act, which is designed to improve investigators’ ease of access to electronic material held outside their jurisdiction. The agreement was signed by Home Secretary Priti Patel and US Attorney General William P Barr in Washington DC on […]
Background facts The appellant, a Romanian national, appealed against an order for his extradition to France pursuant to an accusation EAW relating to a total of 35 offences of alleged theft in an organised gang. The EAW was supplemented by two sets of further information. After receipt of the first set of further information, an […]
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