Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway arrives in US from Peru to face charges

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, arrived in the United States from Peru on Thursday to face charges that he attempted to extort money from the missing teen's mother. An FBI-operated plane carrying van der...

Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of U.S. student Natalee Holloway departs Peru on extradition flight to United States

Peruvian judge affirms extradition to US of chief suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge on Tuesday affirmed this week's planned extradition to the U.S. of the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway. The judge's ruling came less than 24 hours after the attorney for Dutchman Joran van der...

Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance to challenge extradition from Peru to US, lawyer says

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The lawyer for the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway on Monday said his client has changed his mind and plans to challenge his extradition to the United States. Defense attorney Máximo Altez announced the...

Key suspect in Natalee Holloway's case moved to new prison ahead of extradition to US

LIMA, Peru (AP) — 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. ...

Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried's arguments to dismiss cryptocurrency charges are meritless

NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers made meritless arguments in a bid to convince a judge to toss out criminal charges alleging that the FTX founder stole from investors in his multibillion dollar cryptocurrency fund, federal prosecutors said Monday. In papers filed in...

Humanitarian group blasts Greece over treatment of asylum-seekers on eastern island

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A prominent humanitarian group on Thursday blasted Greece over its treatment of asylum-seekers on the island of Lesbos, repeating allegations of illegal deportations back to Turkey and claiming authorities are using hunger as a weapon against some migrants. ...

Former Mozambique finance minister loses last appeal, set for extradition to US over $2B scandal

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nearly five years after he was arrested at a South African airport, Mozambique's former finance minister has lost a last-ditch court appeal and faces extradition to the United States over a $2 billion corruption scandal related to loans to Mozambican state-owned companies. ...

Greece says it's investigating claim migrants were illegally deported back to Turkey

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's outgoing prime minister says he has ordered a probe into a report that authorities illegally deported a group of migrants who had reached an eastern Aegean island from Turkey, allegedly leaving them on a raft at sea for Turkish authorities to pick up. ...

Australian prime minister says he is working effectively to free WikiLeaks founder

CANBERRA, Australia: (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was working in the “most effective way possible” to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but declined an invitation Monday to meet the Australian citizen’s wife. Independent...