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US requests extradition of Ovidio Guzman, son of jailed drug lord, El Chapo, from Mexico
•Ovidio Guzman is accused of helping to oversee nearly a dozen methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa as well as conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, according to Washington
Nirav Modi seeks permission to appeal extradition in UK top court
•Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi has filed an application in the High Court in London, seeking permission to appeal against his extradition order in the Supreme Court.
Explained: How Nirav Modi scammed Punjab National Bank for Rs 14,000 crore
•Nirav Modi and his uncle, Mehul Choksi, created a complex web of deception through fraudulent Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) to siphon off Rs 14,000 crore from state-owned Punjab National Bank
Explained: How Nirav Modi can still avoid extradition and what India can do to beat his tricks
Fp Explainers •Diamond merchant Nirav Modi lost his appeal against extradition to India. However, he still has a few options left before he is brought back to the country to face trial in the Rs 13,758-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case
Mumbai 26/11 terror attack: US federal court's decision on Tahawwur Rana's extradition pending for over a year
•US District Court, Central District of California in Los Angeles Judge Jacqueline Chooljian held the last hearing on this issue in June 2021. The court is yet to give a verdict on the US government's request to extradite Rana to India
London court to issue warrant on Julian Assange's extradition to US on 20 April
•The WikiLeaks founder is wanted by the US on espionage charges after organisation published thousands of classified documents. If put on trial and convicted in the US, Assange may be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison
Obsessed with Assange, Mike Pompeo wanted WikiLeaks founder kidnapped, assassinated or poisoned, claims report
Fp Staff •The Yahoo News investigation is based on conversations with more than 30 former US officials
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to United States, rules British court
•US prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of leaked military and diplomatic documents a decade ago
US warship's secret Africa mission aims to help punish Venezuela, deter attempts to jailbreak Maduro aide before extradition
•US cruiser San Jacinto recently sailed across the Atlantic to keep a close eye on Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman, widely believed to be the architect of the economic deals that are keeping the Maduro government afloat, who was arrested in June in Cape Verde
LA prosecutors agree to postpone Harvey Weinstein's extradition process citing coronavirus outbreak
•Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year prison sentence on convictions for rape and sexual assault against two women, made a brief appearance Friday in a Buffalo courtroom in the US