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4 Oct 2011, 9:22 am
Jamaica’s outgoing leader said Sunday that public perceptions about his handling of a U.S. extradition request for a notorious drug gang leader contributed to his recent decision to step down.
Prime Minister Bruce Golding said in a nationally televised address that questions about the role he played in the extradition of Christopher “Dudus” Coke had affected him deeply.
Sunday’s address was the first time since Golding’s unexpected announcement last week about stepping down that he has… [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 11:06 am
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hired a Swedish public relations company in an indication that he is ready to abandon his appeal against his extradition to Sweden to face sexual misconduct allegations.
In a statement on his website, Harald Ullman confirmed he had been taken on by Assange, but there was no indication as to when – if at all – the WikiLeaks founder might travel to Sweden.
“After researching the case it is clear to me that JA is innocent of the rape allegations,” the… [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 9:53 am
The cockfight businessman Winston Rizik Rodriguez has become a “lucky rooster” by managing to evade several accusations against him, including an U.S. extradition request and having escaped two attempts on his life. Now his challenge is in the jurisdiction of Higüey (east) where he’ll be tried for two murders.
The man known as “El Don” and “El Gallero” (the cock-fighter) escaped a Florida prison after being convicted to 8 years in prison for drug trafficking.
According to the U.S.… [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 9:21 am
A suspected child molester wanted in Escondido was extradited to the United States on Wednesday after being arrested in Mexico, according to the Escondido Police Department.
Ricardo Lopez Borbon was booked into the Vista jail on two counts of child molestation and a charge of parole violation, Lt. Craig Carter said. The molestation charges stem from an incident that occurred Aug. 17, 2009, authorities said.
On that date, officers were called to investigate a sexual assault involving a 9-year-old… [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 8:17 am
Press TV on October 31, 2012 released the following updated story:
“Former Iranian Ambassador to Jordan Nosratollah Tajik has once again appealed against his extradition to the US on the grounds of his deteriorating health condition, Press TV reports.
Tajik was arrested in November 2006, accused of trying to buy night vision goggles from US mediators in violation of US exports rules. The former Iranian diplomat denies the allegations.
In April 2008, a British judge upheld a ruling that Tajik… [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 9:40 am
The Brownsville Herald on August 11, 2012 released the following:
“By LAURA B. MARTINEZ/The Brownsville Herald
The Mexican government has requested the extradition from the United States of a Mexican man convicted of murder and rape.
Justino Tello Munoz, 49, appeared Thursday in Brownsville before U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen and is now in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. As of Friday, no extradition hearing had been scheduled.
Mexican officials say Tello Munoz in 1994 raped and… [read post]
21 Jul 2012, 7:36 pm
Over at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, there’s a an interesting post about an extraordinary study published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
In the study, CEO Overconfidence and International Merger and Acquisition Activity, the authors use a sample of CEOs from Fortune Global 500 firms to examine how CEO overconfidence is related to a number of critical aspects of international merger activity.
According to the study,… [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 9:34 am
The British Home Secretary has formally ordered the extradition of Shrien Dewani who faces murder charges in South Africa after his Swedish wife was killed on their honeymoon last year.
It is likely that Dewani’s lawyers will appeal the ruling over the next two weeks, despite pleas from Anni Hindocha’s family for the businessman to face the legal proceedings and give them “closure”.
The couple were honeymooning in Cape Town when their taxi was apparently hijacked by two armed men. The… [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 7:29 am
Vanguard on April 24, 2012 released the following:
“Lagos- The Federal Government is seeking extradition of a suspected fraudster, Olaniyi Jones, to the U.S. in connection with an Internet fraud, estimated at $3.2 million.
Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice on Monday, filed an application for the order of the Federal High Court to extradite Jones to the New Jersey District Court in the U.S, to face a 10-count charge of conspiracy and Internet fraud.
Jones and some other people in… [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 9:12 pm
USNews.com on April 3, 2012 released the following:
“By ROMINA RUIZ-GOIRIENA, Associated Press
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A leading drug trafficker who helped Mexico’s brutal Zetas drug cartel expand into Guatemala was arrested Tuesday and is facing extradition to the United States, authorities said.
Horst Walther Overdick, 44, was captured during an operation to arrest Zetas operatives east of Guatemala’s capital, Interior Secretary Mauricio Lopez Bonilla told reporters.
The process of… [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 12:03 pm
The survey assesses the impact of the U.S. economy on global IP strategies for 2011, and is available for free to anyone interested in the results. The survey includes a number of interesting findings, including among these are that 88% of respondents say they were in favor of a European Wide Patent System (which isn't surprising really), only 19% of respondents said they filed fewer patent application in 2010 (which probably contradicts the convention wisdom of many) and 46% of respondents brought… [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 7:49 am
A reputed Mexican drug cartel “queen” who recently got Botox in prison has been sentenced to time already served on a weapons charge, authorities said Sunday.
Sandra Avila Beltran was sentenced to one year in prison for illegal arms possession.
Avila Beltran has been in custody since 2007 on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic drugs, money laundering and organized crime, but a judge acquitted her of those charges in December. Prosecutors are appealing that ruling.
She remains in prison pending an… [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 8:32 pm
U.S. companies have a quick-trigger habit of terminating a foreign-based employee(s) without first taking a look at the termination laws of the host country.
Details such as pre-termination notice, severance pay and termination procedures are often overlooked.
This could spell serious trouble for the U.S. company down the road.
That’s why it’s critical for U.S. multinational companies to learn the employment termination laws of the countries in which they operate.
For an excellent… [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 7:47 am
CBS News on February 6, 2012 released the following:
“(AP) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua — An Antiguan judge on Monday upheld a decision paving the way for the U.S. extradition of a former financial regulator indicted in an alleged $7 billion swindle by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford.
High Court Judge Mario Michel on Monday rejected Leroy King’s challenge on a magistrate’s 2010 ruling.
The decision to extradite is now in the hands of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, who also serves as the… [read post]
15 Sep 2011, 8:20 am
by Kevin Jon Heller
Peter Margulies (Roger Williams) responded to my blogging about criminal membership and al-Bahlul at Lawfare. I wrote a response, which Lawfare’s Bobby Chesney was kind enough to post for me. Instead of reposting the lengthy exchange here, interested readers should check out the posts at Lawfare. You can find Peter’s original post here, and my response here. Feel free to weigh in below!
My thanks to Peter for his response.
UPDATE: Peter and I have gone one… [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 6:08 am
UPI.com on February 10, 2012 released the following:
“MOSCOW, Feb. 10 (UPI) — Russian officials Friday asked the United States to sign a bilateral extradition treaty or join existing international conventions.
“The Justice Ministry proposes either signing bilateral treaties on the extradition of criminals and repatriation of convicts. The second variant for the U.S. is to join the existing convention mechanisms, we will try to persuade our U.S. partners to do this too,” Russian Justice… [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 3:21 pm
International Trade and Health A Reference Guide World Health Organization, 2009 http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/IPT_ITH.pdf Includes a nice glossary of international trade terms. From the introduction: SPS, TRIPS, trade-distorting subsidies, Doha Paragraph Six … The language of trade and health is specialized and may seem obscure. But though the language may be daunting, international trade agreements now being negotiated affect [...] [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 9:43 am
A FIJI man wanted by the United States of America for alleged fraud was ordered into custody after the High Court in Suva yesterday dismissed his application for stay on extradition.
Aneal Maharaj was declared a fugitive by the US authorities and is wanted for an alleged scam in the State of Nevada.
On April 5 this year, the Suva Magistrates Court ordered Maharaj into custody and agreed that the wanted man could be extradited to USA.
Maharaj’s lawyer Anand then filed an appeal on the ruling and… [read post]
3 May 2012, 1:52 pm
Yesterday I posted a lengthy response to Gabor Rona’s critique of the Brennan speech, and Gabor has now replied to my comments. Alas, we seem to be speaking past one another in various ways (for example, I critiqued what I understood to be Gabor’s argument for a narrow domestic law interpretation of the AUMF as a matter of domestic law, and Gabor responds that I improperly focused on domestic law when it is IHL that is really in issue), and worse we may be misunderstanding one another’s… [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 12:24 pm
A judge on Friday approved the extradition to the United States of Abid Naseer, a suspected Al-Qaeda operative accused of planning attacks in Britain, the U.S. and Norway.
The 24-year-old Pakistani is wanted by U.S. authorities over allegations that he provided material support to Osama bin Laden’s Islamist network and conspired to use explosives.
Naseer was allegedly part of an Al-Qaeda cell in Britain whose members planned to attack Manchester.
The judged approved the U.S. application, but said… [read post]