Extradition Request Denied Despite 2020 extradition Treaty Between South Africa and The UAE The UAE’s refusal to extradite the Gupta brothers is a major setback in South Africa’s fight against corruption. South Africa has been struggling to bring to justice the Gupta brothers. The three Indian-born businessmen are accused of orchestrating a massive scheme of … Read more
The Catalan Politicians Currently Have Immunity from Prosecution as MEPs Belgium’s decision to refuse to extradite Spanish MEPs under a Euro Arrest Warrant has been criticised by the EU Court of Justice. In a landmark ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said that Belgium’s decision to reject Spain’s extradition request … Read more
British Tech Tycoon Says Any Charges Against Him Should be in England Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy, a software company that was sold to Hewlett-Packard (HP) for £8 billion in 2011, is facing extradition to the United States on fraud charges. He has launched a High Court appeal against former Home Secretary Priti Patel’s … Read more
Extradition Post Brexit: What has changed? The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is a simplified system for extradition between EU Member States. It allows EU members to request the arrest and detention of criminals in other countries without lengthy extradition procedures. The UK has used the EAW since 2004. It benefited from its efficiency and speed … Read more
Extradition to US Requested Over San-Francisco Bribery Case Li Zhang, a Chinese billionaire who is cofounder and CEO of Guangzhou R&F Properties, was arrested in London on Nov. 30 under a provisional warrant issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Northern California District. Zhang, 69, is worth $2.3 billion, according to Forbes magazine. He was granted bail … Read more
Bankman-Fried Agrees to Voluntary Extradition. But What Could He Have Done to Stay in the Bahamas? It’s possible to avoid extradition in many cases. While Sam Bankman-Fried has decided to voluntary extradition to the US I want to take a look at what he could have done to avoid extradition. Sam Bankman-Fried was the CEO … Read more
Interpol Red Notices are requests to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action. It is issued by Interpol’s General Secretariat at the request of a member country or an international tribunal based on a valid national arrest warrant. Red Notices are not international arrest warrants, … Read more
Extradition is the legal process by which an individual who has been accused or convicted of a crime in one jurisdiction (the “requesting state”) is surrendered to another jurisdiction (the “requested state”) where the individual is wanted for trial or to serve a sentence. The process of extradition is governed by international treaties, which are … Read more
Many countries have prohibitions on extraditing their own citizens built into their constitutions. Others refuse to extradite their citizens as a matter of policy. All countries can refuse to extradite whoever they please. It often depends on the country requesting whether the requested country will extradite or not. The UK will extradite its citizens to … Read more
Investors Will Demand a Scape-Goat There has been much talk recently about Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30 year old founder of FTX. FTX was a major crypto exchange. It collapsed last week. Customers are thought to be owed as much as $10 billion. Many in the media are accusing Sam Bankman-Fried of fraud. At this early … Read more