On 21 March 2019, we reported that Eric Marques had lost his Irish Supreme Court appeal against his extradition to the US. On the morning of 23 March 2019, Mr Marques was transported from the prison where he was being detained and surrendered to FBI agents at US immigration in Dublin Airport. You can read […]
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 […]
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. Section 3 of the Canadian Extradition Act 1999 (“EA 1999”) provides that a person may be extradited under the Act if: • an […]
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 […]
On 15 November 2018, we reported that Hasheem Abedi, brother of suspected Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi, was due to be extradited from Libya to the UK by the end of the year. Hasheem was arrested in Libya shortly after his older brother’s attack on 22 May 2017. Greater Manchester Police and counter-terrorism officers were […]
Turkish prosecutors are seeking the arrest and extradition of Enes Kanter, a Turkish basketball player playing for the New York Knicks. The Turkish authorities allege that he is a member of an “armed terrorist group”. Mr Kanter is a known critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and supporter of Fetullah Gulen, a cleric who President […]
Yesterday, 7 January 2019, Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruled that Sanjeev Chawla could be extradited to India to face cricket match-fixing charges. Indian authorities accuse Mr Chawla of acting as a link between South African cricket captain, Hansie Cronje and bookmakers who wanted to fix matches in early 2000. In June 2016, Mr Chawla was arrested […]
On 19th December 2018, the Greek Supreme Court ordered the extradition of Alexander Vinnik to France despite competing extradition requests from Russia and the US. Mr Vinnik was originally arrested, in July 2017, after the US requested his extradition to face charges of laundering more than $4 billion on a bitcoin trading platform. French authorities […]
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