Extradition Archives

Unlike some other stablecoins, TerraUSD was not backed by assets such as US dollar reserves

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South Korea to seek extradition of crypto fugitive Do Kwon

South Korea will seek the extradition of fugitive crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon, prosecutors told AFP Friday, after the Terraform founder was arrested in Montenegro...

AFPMarch 24, 2023

Dennis Miralis, seen here in November 2022, is the defence lawyer for former US fighter pilot Daniel Edmund Duggan

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Ex-US Marine accused of helping China was lured to Australia: lawyer

The lawyer of an ex-US Marine accused of training China’s military on Monday accused Australia of luring him to the country for arrest and...

AFPMarch 19, 2023

Abd al-Rahman al-Khalidi, 29, and other dissidents who fled Saudi Arabia after criticising the monarchy, dread being flown back to their home country

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Saudi exiles fear extradition as kingdom extends crackdown

As he languishes in a cell in Bulgaria, Saudi dissident Abd al-Rahman al-Khalidi dreads one thing more than any other: being flown back to...

AFPMarch 8, 2023

Peruvian authorities said that former president Alejandro Toledo, seen here at The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, in 2017, has been approved by the US for extradition to face corruption charges in Lima

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Lima: US authorizes extradition to Peru of its ex-president Toledo

The United States has authorized the extradition of former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, who served from 2001 to 2006, to face charges of corruption...

AFPFebruary 21, 2023

Moise was assassinated in the early hours of July 7, 2021, when a commando group entered the president's private home and shot him 12 times, killing him

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One year after Haiti president assassinated, still no answers

Haiti on Thursday marked one year since president Jovenel Moise was shot dead in his private residence, with no mastermind or motive for the...

AFPJuly 7, 2022

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One year after Haiti’s president assassinated, investigation stalls

One year after Haitian president Jovenel Moise was shot to death at his home in Port-au-Prince, no suspected mastermind or motive has yet been...

AFPJuly 7, 2022

Protesters aboard a double-decker bus protested outside Britain's interior ministry against Assange's extradition

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Assange lodges UK appeal against US extradition

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday filed an appeal against his extradition to the United States, as supporters denounced the British government. Assange, who...

AFPJuly 1, 2022