9th Feb 2022
Russian and US relations continue to be fraught, with confrontational rhetoric from both sides on a weekly basis. The tension between the two states is not limited to any one issue or arena of conflict, and encompasses potential war in Ukraine, traditional and cyber-espionage, disinformation campaigns and economic sanctions. One battlefield that has received less […]
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31st Mar 2021
In a letter sent to the EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee of the House of Lords earlier this month, the Home Office confirmed that ten EU States will opt-in to the nationality exception in Title VII of Part 3 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement 2020 (“the TCA”), which makes provision for post-Brexit surrender […]
9th Dec 2020
Alexander Vinnik, the Russian alleged founder of the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, has been sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment in France and ordered to pay a €100,000 fine for laundering the proceeds of cybercrime. Mr Vinnik, dubbed “Mr Bitcoin” by the press, was extradited to France from Greece in 2018. Mr Vinnik’s initial arrest by Greek […]
28th Jan 2020
Russian national Alexander Vinnik has been extradited from Greece to France, where he is charged with extortion, aggravated money laundering and harming automated data-processing systems. He is alleged to have defrauded more than 100 people in six French cities Mr Vinnik has been involved in a multi-jurisdictional battle with France, the US and Russia, all […]
27th Dec 2019
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has suspended a decision by the country’s justice minister to extradite Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik to France until it hears his appeal. Mr Vinnik is alleged to have been involved in the laundering of billions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Mr Vinnik was first arrested in Greece in […]
20th Dec 2018
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 […]
13th Jul 2018
Today, a court in Thessaloniki, ordered the extradition of Alexander Vinnik to France. Mr Vinnik’s extradition had also been requested by the US and Russia. Although the court in Thessaloniki decided to extradite Mr Vinnik to France, because there are competing extradition requests it will be the Greek justice minister who will have the final […]
28th Jun 2018
Alexander Vinnik has been imprisoned in northern Greece since last summer. He was originally arrested after the US requested his extradition to face charges of laundering more than $4 billion on a bitcoin trading platform. This week France joined Russia and the US who are already competing to have Vinnik extradited. French authorities would like […]
14th Jun 2018
Yesterday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras explained that he did not promise Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he would extradite eight former Turkish soldiers who left Turkey after the attempted coup in 2016. Mr Tspiras went on to explain that he understands that the separation of powers in Greece is vital and that it […]
17th Apr 2018
Today marks the sixth time a Greek court has denied Turkey’s request for the extradition of an alleged member of Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C). The alleged member, Mr Agarmis, was arrested in Athens last year with 8 other alleged members of the same group. Despite the DHKP-C being listed as a terrorist organization by […]
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