Category: extradition

High Court Rejects WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to the United States on espionage charges after a High Court judge rejected the move. In a three-page decision handed down on June 6, Mr. Justice Swift rejected all eight grounds for appeal of an extradition order signed in June last year by then-Home Secretary Priti Patel, which…


Main Suspect in 2005 Disappearance of Natalee Holloway Arrives in US From Peru to Face Charges

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, arrived in the United States on Thursday to face charges that he attempted to extort money from the missing woman’s mother. An FBI-operated plane carrying van der Sloot landed at Birmingham’s Shuttlesworth Airport just before 2:30 p.m. and the suspect…


Main Suspect in 2005 Disappearance of Natalee Holloway Departs Peru on Extradition Flight to US

LIMA, Peru—The main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. student Natalee Holloway was handed over to U.S. custody and departed Peru on a flight to the United States on Thursday, roughly a month after both countries agreed on his extradition. Joran van der Sloot is wanted in the United States on one count each…


Supporters of Hassan Diab Urge Canada to Reject France’s Latest Extradition Request

The federal government’s representative in the Senate says France has requested the extradition of Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab—a demand his supporters are telling the prime minister to refuse. In a new letter to Justin Trudeau, over 130 members of the Canadian legal community say extradition must not be used as “an instrument of persecution…


Key Suspect in Natalee Holloway’s Case Moved to New Prison Ahead of Extradition to US

LIMA, Peru—The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is being transferred to a prison near Peru’s capital ahead of his pending extradition to the United States to face charges linked to her vanishing, officials said Saturday. The government of Peru, where Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot was serving…


Man Wanted in NC Shooting Waives Extradition From Florida

TAMPA, Fla.—A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard waived extradition during a brief court appearance Friday morning in Florida. Robert Louis Singletary, 24, was arrested Thursday in the Tampa area by Hillsborough County deputies,…


Ex-Peru President Toledo Surrenders to US Authorities, Extradition Imminent

LIMA/WASHINGTON—Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo surrendered to U.S. authorities on Friday, a U.S. Marshals Service official told Reuters, a day after his last-ditch bid to block his extradition to Peru over corruption charges was denied. The former leader’s lawyer expressed dismay at the turn of events later on Friday. Toledo, who has taught classes at…


Australian and UK Politicians Call on the US to Drop Julian Assange’s Extradition

Politicians from Australia and the UK, from all political leanings, have asked U.S. Attorney-General Merrick Garland to end all extradition attempts for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In an open letter, 48 Australian parliamentarians from the government, opposition, and crossbench said extradition would set a “dangerous precedent” for freedom of the press and be “needlessly damaging”…


Montenegro: South Korea, US Seek Extradition of Do Kwon

PODGORICA, Montenegro—South Korea and the United States have requested the extradition from Montenegro of Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, who is wanted in connection with a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world, Montenegro’s justice minister. Do Kwon and another South Korean citizen were arrested in Montenegro last…


Judge Kept FTX Executives’ Plea Deals Secret to Get Founder to US

NEW YORK—A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest associates had turned against him so the cryptocurrency entrepreneur wouldn’t get spooked and fight extradition from the Bahamas, according to court transcripts made public Friday. U.S. prosecutors in New York waited until Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, was in FBI…