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A diamond thief who was jailed for his involvement in a £7million scam which saw jewellers tricked with Monopoly money is fighting extradition to Germany. Bruno Nikolic, 33, from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was sent to jail for his part in the fraud which saw a group of con artists use toy money hidden among real euro … Read more
Donald Trump ‘offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a win-win deal to avoid extradition to US if he revealed source of the hacking of Democratic party emails’, court hears Jennifer Robinson, one Assange’s lawyer’s, made statement at Old Bailey today She recalled a meeting with two Trump allies in Ecuadorian embassy in 2017 She claimed they … Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition trial is a ‘politically motivated prosecution’ fuelled by Donald Trump’s desire to ‘keep him quiet’ as rumours the President was aided by foreign powers including Russia in the 2016 election continue to plague his ‘legitimacy’, a court heard today. US lawyer Eric Lewis claimed that President Trump is ‘desperate to … Read more
Julian Assange’s extradition hearing has been halted over fears a prosecuting lawyer may have been exposed to coronavirus. The Wikileaks founder, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. The husband of a junior prosecuting lawyer started suffering ‘Covid-like … Read more
Dozens of Julian Assange supporters including his father and Vivienne Westwood gathered outside the Old Bailey in London today, where the WikiLeaks founder is set to continue his fight against extradition to the US. The 49-year-old, who has been in high-security Belmarsh Prison for 16 months, is wanted in the US over the publication of … Read more
A British tourist who was detained in Qatar after airport officials found a £10 cannabis grinder on him during a stop-over 11 months ago has been arrested in Corfu and could be extradited back to the UAE. Conor Howard, 27, was stopped last October on his way back to the UK from Australia when he … Read more
Globe-trotting Russian billionaire friend of Putin is arrested in London over ‘multi-billion dollar tax fraud’ after US investigators began probing his love for private jets US authorities accuse Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov of hiding £1bn in assets The 52-year-old renounced his US citizenship in 2013 – when his bank was sold Federal authorities claim Tinkov … Read more
Why is Putin’s banker hiding out in a French chateau? Russian billionaire uses legal loophole to evade extradition to UK where he faces jail Russian oligarch facing jail remains in chateau as authorities fail to haul him back Sergei Pugachev was sentenced to two years in his absence by a judge in 2016 Once known … Read more
Why is Putin’s banker hiding out in a French chateau? Russian billionaire uses legal loophole to evade extradition to UK where he faces jail Russian oligarch facing jail remains in chateau as authorities fail to haul him back Sergei Pugachev was sentenced to two years in his absence by a judge in 2016 Once known … Read more
China has warned Britain will ‘bear the consequences’ of suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong. Yesterday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the suspension of an extradition treaty with Hong Kong, amid anger at alleged Chinese human rights abuses in the region, as well as against its Uighur Muslim population. A spokesman for the Chinese … Read more