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United Kingdom

23rd Nov 2018

Max Hill QC warns that a ‘no-deal’ Brexit will cause extra delays and increase costs when extraditing criminal suspects

This week, Max Hill QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, issued a stark warning, that a ‘no-deal’ Brexit will make extraditions take longer and become more expensive. If the...

India, United Kingdom

23rd Nov 2018

High Court rules that Sanjeev Chawla faces “no real risk” of human rights infringements if he is extradited to India

On 16th November 2018, the High Court concluded that the third

Uncategorised

21st Nov 2018

Kim Jong-yang elected new President of INTERPOL

Today, South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang has been elected as

Ireland, Poland

21st Nov 2018

Artur Celmer extradited to Poland

On Monday, the Irish High Court ordered the surrender of Artur Celmer to face trial in Poland. As reported in a previous blog, Mr Celmer is wanted by Polish...

Hungary, Macedonia

21st Nov 2018

Macedonia requests the extradition of former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski

The Macedonian government has reportedly filed an extradition request for its former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Mr Gruevski is currently residing in Hungary and has reportedly been granted

Uncategorised

19th Nov 2018

INTERPOL Presidential elections: South Africa nominates Brigadier Anbuen Scott Naidoo

Yesterday, police chiefs from around the world met in Dubai to elect the new President of INTERPOL. The previous President, Meng Hongwei, resigned last month after he was arrested...

Croatia, Hungary

19th Nov 2018

INTERPOL renews Red Notice against MOL Chief Executive, Zsolt Hernadi

INTERPOL has renewed a

Turkey, United States

19th Nov 2018

Trump: No plans to extradite Gulen

Turkish preacher, Fethullah Gulen is accused by the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of orchestrating a failed coup attempt in 2016. It was reported last week that the White...

United Kingdom, United States

16th Nov 2018

US hackers face extradition hearing in London

This week, the extradition hearing of Taimoor Zaman and Anthony Nnamdi Okeakpu is being heard at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London. The US has requested the extradition of Mr...

Russia

16th Nov 2018

European Court of Human Rights rules that Russian opposition arrests are politically motivated

Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that several of the arrests between 2012 and 2014 of the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, for protesting against President...