July 25, 2011 - The International Extradition Law Daily
July 25, 2011 - The International Extradition Law Daily
July 25, 2011 - The International Extradition Law Daily
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Colombia and Mexico negotiated a new extradition treaty Thursday, which would allow extradition between the two countries for the first time since 1930. The treaty will be reviewed by both the Mexican and Colombian government and President Juan Manuel Santos is expected to sign the treaty on his next visit to Mexico. Interior Minister German Lleras said that the treaty would be signed this August. Lleras also announced that the two governments had negotiated a treaty that would allow the transfer of sentenced criminals, permitting sentenced citizens to serve jail time in their own countries. Previously such an exchange was only possible for humanitarian reasons under the Vienna Convention of 1988. The two nations also negotiated an agreement to assist each other in law enforcement and prosecution. The two nations have already requested from each other assistance in prosecuting more than 200 cases, the majority of them drug charges. Finally Colombia and Mexico also ironed out an agreement that would allow for more police officers to be sent between the two nations to provide training on how to combat crime and terrorism. "These trainings focus on topics of investigation, the adversarial criminal justice system, combating money laundering, drug control, security and protection, criminology, extortion and kidnapping, jungle operation,
intelligence and counterintelligence, and telematics and electronics," said Lleras. This article was written by Matt Snyder and published by the Columbian Reports on Friday, July 22, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at [email protected] or at one of the offices listed above.
Cisco Blasted for Arranging Arrest of Whistleblower - Canadian Judge Slams Abuse of Process
McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 10:27 AM July 25, 2011
Networking giant Cisco was blasted by a Canadian judge for arranging for the criminal arrest of a whistleblower who was suing the company.
Peter Adekeye launched an antitrust case against his former employer in the US District Court for Northern California and was giving his deposition where he lived in Vancouver when four coppers entered the room and interrupted the hearing. According to Ars Technica, Adekeye was jailed while the legal mess was sorted out. Part of the problem was that the highly expensive legal team for Cisco had done its best to convince the Canadian authorities that Adekeye was a "sinister" Nigerian on the run from 97 charges of illegal computer hacking. It was not the Canadian authorities' fault. They had been briefed by US Homeland Security which had allegedly been briefed by, er, Cisco. Adekeye's hacking crime was "accessing Cisco's internal systems". On all those occasions Adekeye had a Cisco employee's permission and the matter on whether it was theft or not had not been ruled upon. US prosecutors invoked "emergency provisions" of the Extradition Act to obtain the arrest warrant. The judge who approved the warrant was reportedly told by US prosecutors that they did not have time to file a full extradition request because Adekeye might flee the country. When the extradition documentation actually arrived, the judge would discover that it was a pack of "innuendo, half-truths, and complete falsehoods." Throughout all of this, the judges and the Canadian legal system was
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However, the US astoundingly misled Canada into launching expensive legal proceedings, McKinnon said. Needless to say, Adekeye has been shaken by the whole thing. What should be alarming is not that Cisco allegedly played hard against him, but that it was able to use extradition laws and its chums in the US government to lock up those who dared to challenge it. If Judge McKinnon's full ruling is read, it is hard to escape the conclusion that Cisco is one of the most evil companies out there. With competition that good, that is a crown that the outfit might want to think about losing. This article was written by Nick Farrell and published by Techeye.net on July 22, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at [email protected] or at one of the offices listed above.
The family of a south London man who is fighting against his extradition to the US on terrorism charges have called for him to be tried in the UK. Syed Talha Ahsan, 31, was arrested from his home in Tooting in July 2006 and has been held in
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Afghanistan. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina raised the issue Wednesday with the ruling Awami Leagues central working committee. She also hinted at external pressure to hand over the suspects. Hasina assured U.S. officials that her government would take necessary steps to nab the suspects, who are still at large. The suspected jihadists, according to intelligence sources, returned to Bangladesh through clandestine routes soon after the U.S. and British-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Hundreds of Bangladeshi recruits have joined the jihad in Afghanistan that overthrew the proWest Mujahideen government. Senior Pentagon officials, through diplomatic channels, have submitted a list of Bangladeshi militants and demanded the extradition of those suspected militants now living in Bangladesh. Since the government led by the pro-secular prime minister swept to power more than two years ago in Bangladesh, scores of selfproclaimed Jihadists who boasted to have fought with the Taliban have been arrested. Earlier, Bangladesh pledged to the United States and Britain to support the war on terror and have received high profile counterterrorism training. Afghanistan-trained militants are a security threat to Bangladeshs tolerant and secular Muslim majority, according to political scientist Professor Imtiaz Ahmed of state-owned Dhaka University. This article was written by Saleem Samad and published by Aid Netherlands on July 24, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice
The United States has demanded extradition of Bangladesh-born militants who were recruited and trained by the Taliban in
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extradition, and treaties show that U.S. courts cannot investigate the decisions of another country's judicial system. Bout's attorney Albert Dayan said the arms dealer acted as a businessman rather than a terrorenabler when he allegedly tried to sell weapons to the FARC. Dayan says the government must prove Bout acted with "malice aforethought" for two of its counts. Prosecutors say they can prove his FARC sympathies and willingness to kill Americans with forensic evidence from Bout's computer and his own statements during the sting operation. Bout allegedly told the undercover agents: "Your fight is my fight." Dayan countered: "That could be a salesman pitch." The controversy will be decided by a jury, at a trial set for Oct. 11. This article was written by Adam Klasfield and published by Courthouse News Service on July 22, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at [email protected] or at one of the offices listed above.
WikiLeaks cables that allegedly show U.S. diplomats pressured Thailand to extradite suspected international arms smuggler Viktor Bout are not likely to influence his trial for conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, a federal judge said at a hearing. Bout's exploits loosely formed the basis for Nicholas Cage's character in the film "Lord of War," and were the subject of investigative journalist Douglas Farah's book, "The Merchant of Death." Speaking of Farrah's work, Bout allegedly told a Drug Enforcement Administration agent: "The book is bullshit." Thai authorities arrested Bout in Bangkok in an international sting operation on March 6, 2008. Bout was suspected of conspiring with Andrew Smulian to sell millions of dollars of weapons to DEA agents posing as members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), a designated terrorist organization. A grand jury indicted Bout a month later on charges of conspiring to kill United States nationals; to kill officers and employees of the United States; to
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processing donations to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. More than 60 people allegedly linked to either or both groups have now been arrested worldwide, including eight in Britain. Scotland Yard's Police Central e-Crime Unit previously arrested five in January, one in April and one in June. The 16-year-old who is allegedly Tflow could face extradition to the United States. The majority of this article was written by Victoria Ward and Christopher Williams and published by The Telegraph on July 21, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at [email protected] or at one of the offices listed above.
Extradition to US
McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 12:08 AM July 25, 2011
Police believe the teenager is connected to hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec. The teenager was arrested in south London amid a new wave of internet attacks. He remained in custody overnight but is currently out on bail. Police believe he is connected to the notorious hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec which have been blamed for a string of attacks on organizations including the CIA, the US Senate and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). The teenager, who was held under the Computer Misuse Act, reportedly goes by the online username Tflow. Tflow is allegedly a high ranking member of the online hacking group Lulzsec. However, there is some speculation whether or not the teen is in fact Tflow. Members of the hacking group Anonymous contest that it was Tflow who was arrested, while Fox News confirms that it was Tflow. Scotland Yards specialist cybercrime unit acted in cooperation with the FBI, which arrested 14 people for allegedly mounting a cyber-attack on PayPal's website. Dutch police also made four arrests. Anonymous targeted the online payment specialist in retaliation for withdrawing its services from WikiLeaks after it released thousands of classified US State Department cables last November. Members bombarded the website with traffic in an attempt to overwhelm its servers and force it offline. The FBI arrests are the first in the United States since the international investigation of the