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Germany, Turkey

7th Nov 2019

Turkey’s Interior Ministry accuses INTERPOL of rejecting 646 Red Notices

Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister İsmail Çatakli this week criticised

Belgium, Scotland, Spain

6th Nov 2019

Spain renews attempts to extradite former Catalan politicians

Former Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont, and former Catalan politician and scholar, Clara Ponsati, are fighting renewed Spanish extradition requests to Belgium and Scotland respectively. The renewed warrants were issued...

Case Summaries, Hungary

5th Nov 2019

CASE SUMMARY: Kiss v Municipal Court of Miskoic Hungary [2019] EWHC 2873 (Admin)

Background facts The appellant appealed against an order for his extradition to Hungary made on 19 January 2018. The appeal had been delayed in order to allow cases dealing...

Israel, Russia, United States

4th Nov 2019

Israel halts extradition of Russian hacker to US

On Sunday 3 November, Israel’s

Case Summaries, Poland

2nd Nov 2019

CASE SUMMARY: Sobolewski v Police Judicial Authority [2019] EWHC 2840 (Admin)

Background facts The appellant appealed against an order for his extradition to Poland to serve the remainder of his three-year sentence for multiple counts of possession and sale of...

France, United Kingdom

1st Nov 2019

France requests extradition of unlicensed medicine salesman

David Noakes, the former CEO of Immino Biotech a Guernsey based company, is facing extradition to France to face prosecution on nine charges including the marketing of unlicensed medicines....

Romania, United Kingdom

1st Nov 2019

Alexander Adamescu granted permission to appeal against extradition

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...

Mexico, United Kingdom

30th Oct 2019

Karime Macías released on bail pending extradition hearing

Karime Macías, the wife of the former governor of Mexico’s Veracruz province, was arrested in London on Tuesday 29 October. Six hours after her arrest, Ms Macías was released...

United Kingdom, United States

29th Oct 2019

US trader denied bail in extradition proceedings

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...

Azerbaijan, Case Summaries, United Kingdom

26th Oct 2019

CASE SUMMARY: The Republic of Azerbaijan v Zamira Hajiyeva

Background facts The Republic of Azerbaijan (“