Extradition
In this courtroom artist sketch Tahawwur Rana, appears during an extradition hearing in federal US court in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 24, 2021. A federal judge is weighing whether Rana, a former Chicago businessman, will be extracted to India in connection with his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack in which 166 people, including six Americans were killed. (Bill Robles for AP)
Judge keeps India terror attack suspect in US custody

By Stefanie Dazio Jun. 24, 2021 08:00 PM EDT

Nigerian IT worker charged in multistate unemployment fraud

By Gene Johnson Jun. 24, 2021 06:02 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A Nigerian information technology worker has been indicted on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, after authorities said he and his...

In this image taken from court video, Harvey Weinstein attends a hearing from Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison, near Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, June 15, 2021. A New York judge on Tuesday approved Weinstein's extradition to California, where he faces additional sexual assault charges, ending a legal fight prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense's concerns about Weinstein's failing health and a squabble over paperwork. (New York Unified Court System via AP)
Judge OKs Weinstein's extradition for California rape case

By Michael R. Sisak Jun. 15, 2021 04:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 31, 2021, file photo, Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, returns to British Columbia Supreme Court after a break from her extradition hearing, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Chinese telecommunications equipment firm Huawei said Monday, April 12, 2021, that it has reached an agreement with HSBC in Hong Kong to obtain documents that its chief financial office Meng Wanzhou hopes will help prevent her extradition to the U.S. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Canadian judge grants Huawei CFO request to delay hearings

Apr. 21, 2021 05:07 PM EDT

In this image taken from video, Harvey Weinstein appears from prison during his virtual extradition hearing in Erie County Court before Judge Kenneth Case, Monday, April 12, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. (New York Unified Court System via AP)
Weinstein fights extradition to face California indictment

By Carolyn Thompson And Andrew Dalton Apr. 12, 2021 04:03 PM EDT

A protester from the Uyghur community living in Turkey, participates in a protest in Istanbul, Thursday, March 25, against against the visit of China's FM Wang Yi to Turkey. Hundreds of Uyghurs staged protests in Istanbul and the capital Ankara, denouncing Wang Yi's visit to Turkey and demanding that the Turkish government take a stronger stance against human rights abuses in China's far-western Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Uyghurs in Turkey protest Chinese foreign minister's visit

By Mehmet Guzel And Suzan Fraser Mar. 25, 2021 10:32 AM EDT

Munire Bugra, 35, a member of the Uighur community, stands in a clothes shop in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu neighborhood, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Because of shared cultural ties, Turkey has long been a safe haven for the Uighurs, a Turkic group native to China's far west Xinjiang region. Bugra says many in the community are anxious they may be deported back to China amid allegations of an exchange of her compatriots for coronavirus vaccines. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Turkey Uighurs fear sellout to China in exchange for vaccine

Dake Kang And Suzan Fraser Feb. 05, 2021 12:07 AM EST

Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou gets into her truck as she leaves her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, to go to the British Columbia Supreme Court on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada judge won't relax Huawei CFO bail conditions

Jan. 29, 2021 02:37 PM EST

FILE - This Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Israeli-born Australian Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. The former teacher extradited from Israel after a six-year legal battle appeared in an Australian court Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to face child sex abuse charges.(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
Extradited teacher appears in Australia court on sex charges

Jan. 27, 2021 07:57 PM EST

FILE - This Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Israeli-born Australian Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, rejected an appeal challenging the extradition of Leifer, a former teacher wanted in Australia accused of sexually abusing several former students at a Jewish school in Melbourne, clearing the way for her to stand trial after a six-year legal saga. Leifer is currently on a plane to Australia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
Israel extradites woman wanted for sex crimes to Australia

By Ilan Ben Zion Jan. 25, 2021 03:17 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2020, file photo, Harvey Weinstein arrives at court for the start of jury selection in his sexual assault trial in New York. The convicted former movie producer is expected to appear briefly via video from a New York prison Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, as part of legal efforts to send him to California to face sexual assault charges. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Another delay granted for Harvey Weinstein extradition

By Carolyn Thompson Dec. 11, 2020 07:06 AM EST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a press conference during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Trudeau looks to Biden for help in dispute with China

By Rob Gillies Nov. 09, 2020 01:50 PM EST

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
China denies Canadians 'arbitrarily' detained over Meng case

Oct. 12, 2020 06:13 AM EDT

Kristinn Hrafnsson editor in chief of Wikileaks gives a statement outside the Old Bailey in London, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, as the Julian Assange extradition hearing to the US ended, with a result expected later in the year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
WikiLeaks' Assange won't get US extradition ruling this year

By Pan Pylas Oct. 01, 2020 01:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window before speaking on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. A London court has heard that Julian Assange’s conversations in the latter part of his seven-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were systematically bugged, even in the toilet. Two anonymous witnesses who worked for a Spanish firm with a security contract at the embassy said the WikiLeaks founder faced an intensifying bugging operation after Donald Trump became U.S. president. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Assange bugged while at Ecuadorian Embassy, UK court told

By Pan Pylas Sep. 30, 2020 12:43 PM EDT

FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office shows 42-year-old Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, who was arrested earlier this year in Arizona as part of an extradition request made by the Iraqi government. Ahmed, a native of Iraq who became a U.S. citizen in 2015, is charged with murder in the 2006 shooting deaths of two police officers in Fallujah. A judge on Sept. 21, 2020, ordered Ahmed to be jailed until his extradition hearing has concluded. Ahmed has denied involvement in the killings. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, ile)
Judge: Man charged in 2006 Iraq slayings to remain jailed

Sep. 28, 2020 03:27 PM EDT

Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei conducts a silent protest outside the Old Bailey in support of Julian Assange's bid for freedom during his extradition hearing, in London, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dissident Ai Weiwei protests possible extradition of Assange

By Pan Pylas Sep. 28, 2020 02:33 PM EDT

Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange take part in a protest outside the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, in London, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The London court hearing on Assange's extradition from Britain to the United States resumed Monday after a COVID-19 test on one of the participating lawyers came back negative, WikiLeaks said Friday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Lawyer says Assange charged under broad, contentious US law

Sep. 17, 2020 01:06 PM EDT

A billboard truck depicting Julian Assange drives past the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey in London, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government were squaring off in a London court on Monday at a high-stakes extradition case delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. American prosecutors have indicted the 49-year-old Australian on 18 espionage and computer misuse charges over Wikileaks' publication of secret U.S. military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Assange extradition hearing paused over COVID-19 risk

Sep. 10, 2020 06:48 AM EDT

Editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, Kristinn Hrafnsson, right, shows his phone to Julian Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson, center, as Assange's partner Stella Moris looks on outside the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey in London, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government were squaring off in a London court on Monday at a high-stakes extradition case delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. American prosecutors have indicted the 49-year-old Australian on 18 espionage and computer misuse charges over Wikileaks' publication of secret U.S. military documents a decade ago. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Assange told to stop interrupting witnesses at UK hearing

Sep. 08, 2020 08:16 AM EDT