The Uzbek citizens Mamatkulov and Askarov, members of the ERK “Freedom Party”, an opposition party in Uzbekistan, lodged two applications at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) against Turkey by relying on Art. 2, 3 and 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Mr. Mamatkulov was arrested by Turkish police […]
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Navinder Singh Sarao pleaded guilty to wire fraud and spoofing after being extradited to the U.S.A. to face federal charges related to his role in the 2010 Wall Street flash crash. The British trader was sent to the U.S.A. after losing a High Court challenge against a decision to extradite […]
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Italy granted a last-minute pardon to the former CIA officer who was about to become the first intelligence official to face jail in connection to crimes committed during George W Bush’s “war on terror”. Sabrina de Sousa, convicted in absentia in 2009 for taking part in the extraordinary rendition of Abu […]
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French national Marie Emmanuelle Verhoeven “may be allowed to return to her family and friends in France” after the French Embassy in Delhi claimed Ms. Verhoeven “is suffering from various mental and physical medical problems.” Ms. Verhoeven, a member of the Latin American Economic and Social Committee, allegedly took part in the […]
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In October 2018, the High Court Judge Eve Luswata ordered prosecution to serve the defence counsels with further documents from the Kisitu chief magistrates court in Dar es Salaam- Tanzania, before commencement of pre-committal proceedings of former Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Leader Jamiru Mukulu. This followed Defense lawyer’s submission to […]
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A New Zealand’s Court of Appeal ruled that Kim Dotcom, the famous Megaupload founder, can be extradited to the U.S.A. to face racketeering and criminal copyright charges. U.S.A. authorities say Mr. Dotcom conduct cost film studios and record companies more than $500 million and generated more than $175 million in […]
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A Spanish judge has dropped the international arrest warrants issued for the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and five of his colleagues for the role they played in the 2017 illegal referendum and subsequent unilateral declaration of independence. The Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena announced the decision a week […]
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The program consists of a series of closed-door seminars held by international extradition experts – including renowned British Solicitors and Barristers – over the course of two days (training hours: 12). A social dinner by the Lake Iseo will be hosted on Monday night. Seminars will be conducted through an […]
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Ireland’s Supreme Court refused to surrender Mr Thomas Joseph O’Connor to the UK last Friday over concerns about Brexit. Mr O’Connor was sentenced for tax fraud in the UK, but then fled to the UK. The Irish Supreme Court has referred a question to the European Court of Justice concerning the possibility of executing the EAW […]
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Academic and practising lawyers from around the world congregated in Oxford, England in the first week of September to brainstorm on current developments in extradition law in several countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Switzerland. A poll of participants indicated that virtually all considered the two-day conference a […]
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