A spokesperson for the UK Supreme Court said on Wednesday 26 August that following the assurances regarding the use of the death penalty in the case of Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, given by US Attorney General William P. Barr, the stay preventing the sharing of information with US authorities must be lifted. The […]
Colombia is seeking the extradition of former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso from the US. Three INTERPOL Red Notices have been issued in respect of Mr Mancuso who was released from prison in the US in March 2020, having served 12 years of a 15-year sentence for drug trafficking offences. Mr Mancuso was convicted in Colombia […]
The US State Department announced on Wednesday 19 August that the US had suspended three bilateral treaties with Hong Kong. The treaties make provision for extradition arrangements, including “the surrender of fugitive offenders and sentenced persons, and reciprocal tax exemptions on income derived from the international operation of ships”. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated […]
Unites States Attorney General William P. Barr, in a letter to the UK Secretary of State for the Home Department (’SSHD’) Priti Patel MP, has provided an assurance that in exchange for the UK acquiescing to a US request for mutual legal assistance (’MLA’), the US will not seek the death penalty in any prosecution […]
Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer, today applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia for the disclosure of documents relating to her 2018 arrest, which they say was an abuse of process. It is her legal team’s position that the documents sought will support the contention that Ms Meng was the victim […]
Google notified Hong Kong law enforcement last week that it would no longer provide data in response to direct requests and the territory would be treated as equivalent to mainland China for such purposes. This move comes in response to the imposition by China of a controversial national security law in the region. Hong Kong […]
Documents filed on behalf of the Canadian government in the ongoing extradition proceedings against Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou state that the requirements for extradition have been met. The documents set out the Canadian Attorney General’s legal opinion on the sufficiency of the evidence available to support extradition. In May 2020, Ms Meng’s defence […]
HSBC has denied Chinese accusations that it colluded with US authorities to “set a trap” for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou for allegedly violating US sanctions against Iran. Ms Meng is facing extradition from Canada to the US on charges of wire fraud and sanctions violations. HSBC admits responding to a US Department of […]
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (“SSHD”) announced yesterday, 6 July, that the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (“IPC”) Sir Brian Leveson, will provide independent oversight of the UK-US Data Sharing Agreement (“the Agreement”) due to come into force later this year. The Agreement, the first of its kind made under the US Cloud Act, […]
The US Department of Justice last week returned a second superseding indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The indictment dated 24 June 2020 does not contain any additional charges to the 18-count superseding indictment returned last year. It does, however, widen the scope of the alleged conspiracy to include accusations that Mr Assange recruited hackers […]
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