Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk pleaded guilty to charges of causing artists to lose money by deception and being part of a criminal group at the Auckland High Court on 22 June 2022. Both men were officers in the file-hosting website Megaupload, which allowed people to illegally download songs, television shows and films. […]
New Zealand is under international pressure to stop the extradition of Kyung Yup Kim (“Kim”), Korean-born and permanent resident of New Zealand, accused of killing a young woman in Shanghai in 2009: an allegation which Kim denies. New Zealand’s lower courts previously blocked his extradition, citing the risk of torture within China’s legal system and […]
On 10th March 2022, INTERPOL announced that heightened supervision and monitoring measures in relation to Russia had been implemented by the Secretary General and endorsed by INTERPOL’s Executive Committee. The measures, which have taken immediate effect, and were implemented following calls from Ukraine, the UK, and others for Russia’s complete suspension from INTERPOL (covered by […]
On 7th March 2022, the members of the ‘Five Eyes’ (UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia) continued Ukraine’s initial February 2022 call for INTERPOL’s Executive Committee to suspend Russia’s access to the INTERPOL network (covered by P&P here). In a public statement, Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed that correspondence had been sent to the […]
In the latest move in the ongoing global diplomatic saga surrounding China’s new national security law in Hong Kong, China has suspended extradition from Hong Kong to New Zealand. New Zealand had already suspended extradition to the region following similar moves by the UK, Canada, Australia and Germany. China has criticised the reaction of western […]
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced yesterday, 28 July, the suspension of extradition arrangements with Hong Kong. New Zealand is the last of the ‘Five Eyes’ allies to take action in response to the passing of a controversial Chinese national security law. In his statement, the Foreign Minister said that the new law meant […]
The internet entrepreneur known as Kim Dotcom, born Kim Schmitz, and three of his ex-colleagues (Mathias Ortmann, Bran van der Kolk and Finn Botato) will now have their extradition appeals heard in the New Zealand Supreme Court. The four men were originally arrested, in 2012, during a police raid in Auckland. They have been charged, […]
Today, the internet entrepreneur known as Kim Dotcom, born Kim Schmitz, and three of his ex-colleagues lost their appeal against an order of a New Zealand court to extradite them to the US. New Zealand’s Court of Appeal upheld earlier court rulings and decided that the three men should be handed over to US authorities. […]
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