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Lithuania

11th May 2018

Extradition from the US to Lithuania: Neringa Venckiene

A former Lithuanian parliamentarian is currently trying to avoid extradition from the US, claiming she will be murdered if she is returned to Lithuania for her involvement in the...

India

11th May 2018

Extradition to India: Vijay Mallya

Westminster Magistrates’ Court has scheduled the judgment in the Vijay Mallya extradition case for the 11th July 2018. Mr Mallya is hoping to convince the court that he faces...

Spain

6th May 2018

Extradition of James Acourt

James Acourt has accepted extradition from Spain to the UK pursuant to a

Uncategorised

23rd Apr 2018

Ivica Todoric, owner of Agrokor will be extradited unless appeal is launched

Today the Chief Magistrate of England and Wales, Emma Arbuthnot, has ordered that Ivica Todoric be extradited to Croatia to face fraud charges. The Croatian businessman is the owner...

Bosnia, Turkey

23rd Apr 2018

Bosnia rejects request to extradite alleged FETO member

The Appeals Chamber of Bosnia’s state court has rejected Turkey’s request for the extradition of an individual who was alleged to have been involved in the July 2016 coup...

Uncategorised

17th Apr 2018

European Commission announces proposed new rules to facilitate access electronic evidence

The European Commission is proposing new rules to make collecting electronic evidence such as social media posts, emails and documents easier and quicker. The new rules are designed to...

Greece, Turkey

17th Apr 2018

Sixth Greek refusal to extradite alleged member of Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front to Turkey.

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...

Romania

11th Apr 2018

GRECO suggests that new Romanian criminal code amendments could make it harder to prosecute corruption cases.

The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), the Council of Europe anti-corruption body has expressed serious concerns over the proposed amendments to the Romanian Criminal Code. It has been...

Germany, Italy

10th Apr 2018

German extradition of Roman Pisciotti did not breach anti-discrimination principles, rules CJEU

The CJEU today ruled that Germany were right to extradite Roman Pisciotti to the US. Mr Pisciotti was accused of anti-trust offences which took place in Florida between 1999...

Czech Republic, Russia, United States

5th Apr 2018

US beats Russia in battle for extradition of suspected hacker from Czech Republic

Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian man accused by the US of hacking into file-hosting site Dropbox and social networks LinkedIn and Formspring in 2012-13, has been extradited to the US...