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A Danish court orders a British financier to remain in pre-trial custody on tax fraud

Dec. 07, 2023 09:30 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A British hedge fund trader extradited from the United Arab Emirates to Denmark where he was wanted for allegedly orchestrating a more than 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud, was ordered Thursday to remain in pre-trial custody until Jan. 3. Sanjay...

A British financier sought for huge tax fraud is extradited to Denmark from UAE

Dec. 06, 2023 07:55 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Dubai-based British hedge fund trader sought by Danish authorities for allegedly orchestrating a $1.7 billion tax fraud, considered one of the largest in the Scandinavian country, has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates, officials said Wednesday. ...

Italian prosecutors seek 6 suspects who allegedly aided the escape of Russian man sought by the US

Dec. 05, 2023 13:16 PM EST

MILAN (AP) — Milan prosecutors have identified six suspects who allegedly aided the escape from Italian custody of a Russian national a day after an Italian court ruled in favor of extraditing him to the United States to face sanctions-busting charges. Artyom Uss, the 40-year-old...

Former Colombian military officer accused in base bombing extradited to Florida

Dec. 01, 2023 19:43 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A former Colombian military officer accused of injuring dozens, including three U.S. soldiers, in a bombing attack at a Colombian military base has been extradited to South Florida. A five-count indictment against Andres Fernando Medina Rodriguez, 39, was unsealed...

Haitian police say member of a gang accused of kidnapping Americans has been extradited to the US

Nov. 22, 2023 08:17 AM EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian law enforcement authorities said a man belonging to a violent gang accused of kidnapping four U.S. citizens has been extradited to the U.S. Haiti's National Police said Tuesday that Jhon Peter Fleronvil is affiliated with the gang known as...

Germany to extradite an Italian man suspected in the killing of a woman that outraged Italy

Nov. 22, 2023 06:09 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Wednesday ordered the extradition of an Italian man suspected in the killing of a 22-year-old woman that stirred outrage in Italy. The Higher Regional Court in Naumburg, in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt announced the 21-year-old...

A Chinese man is extradited from Morocco to face embezzlement charges in Shanghai

Nov. 18, 2023 10:34 AM EST

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese man wanted for allegedly embezzling millions of yuan (hundreds of thousands of dollars) from his company and then fleeing to Morocco was extradited back to China on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security said. The man, a financial executive at the...

Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder

Oct. 31, 2023 21:15 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for murdering a Peruvian woman. Joran van der Sloot arrived in Lima in the...

Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder

Oct. 31, 2023 19:04 PM EDT

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for murdering a Peruvian woman. Joran van der Sloot arrived in Lima in the...

A British man is extradited to Germany and indicted over a brutal killing nearly 45 years ago

Oct. 30, 2023 10:59 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A British man has been extradited to Germany and charged with murder over the brutal killing of a retiree at his home in Munich nearly 45 years ago, German officials said Monday. An indictment against the Briton, now aged 70, was filed at the state court in Munich,...