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Mexico and Columbia Negotiate Extradition Treaty

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Submitted at 9:25 AM July 25, 2011

Colombia and Mexico negotiated a new extradition treaty Thursday, which would allow extradition between the two countries for the first time since 1930. The treaty will be reviewed by both the Mexican and Colombian government and President Juan Manuel Santos is expected to sign the treaty on his next visit to Mexico. Interior Minister German Lleras said that the treaty would be signed this August. Lleras also announced that the two governments had negotiated a treaty that would allow the transfer of sentenced criminals, permitting sentenced citizens to serve jail time in their own countries. Previously such an exchange was only possible for humanitarian reasons under the Vienna Convention of 1988. The two nations also negotiated an agreement to assist each other in law enforcement and prosecution. The two nations have already requested from each other assistance in prosecuting more than 200 cases, the majority of them drug charges. Finally Colombia and Mexico also ironed out an agreement that would allow for more police officers to be sent between the two nations to provide training on how to combat crime and terrorism. "These trainings focus on topics of investigation, the adversarial criminal justice system, combating money laundering, drug control, security and protection, criminology, extortion and kidnapping, jungle operation,

intelligence and counterintelligence, and telematics and electronics," said Lleras. This article was written by Matt Snyder and published by the Columbian Reports on Friday, July 22, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Cisco Blasted for Arranging Arrest of Whistleblower - Canadian Judge Slams Abuse of Process
McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 10:27 AM July 25, 2011

Networking giant Cisco was blasted by a Canadian judge for arranging for the criminal arrest of a whistleblower who was suing the company.

Peter Adekeye launched an antitrust case against his former employer in the US District Court for Northern California and was giving his deposition where he lived in Vancouver when four coppers entered the room and interrupted the hearing. According to Ars Technica, Adekeye was jailed while the legal mess was sorted out. Part of the problem was that the highly expensive legal team for Cisco had done its best to convince the Canadian authorities that Adekeye was a "sinister" Nigerian on the run from 97 charges of illegal computer hacking. It was not the Canadian authorities' fault. They had been briefed by US Homeland Security which had allegedly been briefed by, er, Cisco. Adekeye's hacking crime was "accessing Cisco's internal systems". On all those occasions Adekeye had a Cisco employee's permission and the matter on whether it was theft or not had not been ruled upon. US prosecutors invoked "emergency provisions" of the Extradition Act to obtain the arrest warrant. The judge who approved the warrant was reportedly told by US prosecutors that they did not have time to file a full extradition request because Adekeye might flee the country. When the extradition documentation actually arrived, the judge would discover that it was a pack of "innuendo, half-truths, and complete falsehoods." Throughout all of this, the judges and the Canadian legal system was

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apparently unaware that all the made-up crimes were part of the bigger anti-trust battle Adekeye was waging against Cisco. In 2008, Adekeye's Multiven Company sued Cisco claiming that it had harmed it and consumers by forcing customers to buy its maintenance contracts. If Multiven won it would cost Cisco a bomb. As the case moved through the courts, Adekeye attempted to return to America to participate. However, mysteriously, the US denied him entry to give evidence. After all, if he proved his case to the American courts a huge US outfit would be brought to its knees. When the judge handling the antitrust suit was told, Cisco was offered the opportunity to depose Adekeye in Switzerland or Britain. So the court chose Vancouver where the authorities did not have to be informed of a foreign judicial hearing occurring on its soil. Cisco agreed. And then popped around to another court and swore out a criminal complaint against Adekeye based on the allegations of illegal computer access. In the end all the legal footwork did not turn out in its favor, and Cisco settled Multiven's antitrust suit and abandoned its previous service contract practices. Although details of the case were never made public, Adekeye had won and his company and others now could service Cisco products. Cisco dropped the illicit computer access charge against Adekeye; however, it would take nine months before the extradition proceedings against him in Vancouver were dropped. It seems however that the Canadian legal system was just waking up to what Cisco and the US authorities had allegedly done. British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Ronald McKinnon was incandescent with rage. He slammed both Canadian and American authorities for an appalling abuse of process and

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stayed the extradition proceedings against Adekeye. Justice McKinnon was shocked that a trivial $14,000 civil case had been transformed into a criminal proceeding and engaged the full might and resources of two governments, with the aim of misleading one of Canada's senior trial courts. Canadas federal lawyers had done their best to cover their arses. Its Federal lawyer Diba Majzub had presented claims that it didn't matter if Adekeye was falsely characterized. It was America's job to rule on the merits of Adekeye's case and not Canada's. McKinnon dismissed all that and said that US prosecutors acted outrageously by having the executive arrested during his deposition. Cisco allegedly engineered it so that the arrest took place in the presence of a US High Court Judge, Special Master, George Fisher, with Cisco's lawyers insisting on filming the entire arrest on the record. It was clearly an attempt to humiliate Adekeye and weaken his case. McKinnon said that it all spoke "volumes for Cisco's duplicity". McKinnon could not believe that police had interrupted a judicial proceeding to arrest Adekeye. This was not done in a civilized jurisdiction that is bound by the rule of law. Going back to the 1500s, the law said that you don't arrest people while they are testifying. He dubbed the whole thing as a perversion of justice to allow the criminal law to be used to resolve a trivial civil suit and it shouldn't be allowed. He thought that if the Canadian authorities had known what was going on it would not have proceeded. If the US had let Adekeye into the country, it would have all been resolved.

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However, the US astoundingly misled Canada into launching expensive legal proceedings, McKinnon said. Needless to say, Adekeye has been shaken by the whole thing. What should be alarming is not that Cisco allegedly played hard against him, but that it was able to use extradition laws and its chums in the US government to lock up those who dared to challenge it. If Judge McKinnon's full ruling is read, it is hard to escape the conclusion that Cisco is one of the most evil companies out there. With competition that good, that is a crown that the outfit might want to think about losing. This article was written by Nick Farrell and published by Techeye.net on July 22, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Family of London Terror Suspect Calls for UK Trial

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Submitted at 10:42 AM July 25, 2011

The family of a south London man who is fighting against his extradition to the US on terrorism charges have called for him to be tried in the UK. Syed Talha Ahsan, 31, was arrested from his home in Tooting in July 2006 and has been held in

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Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire for the past five years. The US accuses him of running extremist websites and supporting the Taliban. He has not been charged by UK authorities. His extradition case has been taken to the European Court of Human Rights. Both the US embassy and the UK Home Office have refused to comment on the case. Mr Ahsan, who studied at Dulwich College and has a first class degree in Arabic from the School of Oriental and African Studies, became increasingly religious and political while at school, his family said. He was arrested on a federal indictment from the district attorney of the state of Connecticut. The US alleges he was involved with extremist websites between 1997 and 2004, hosted on a US service provider. He is also accused of supporting the Taliban and having discussed in emails the possibility of attacking naval targets in the Persian Gulf. Mr Ahsan denies all charges. Mr Ahsan's family wants his trial to take place in the UK claiming that he could be subjected to "inhumane treatment" in the US because he faces the prospect of being detained in a so-called "supermax" high security prison in Colorado, where other terror suspects were held. They have claimed this would be in breach of his human rights as they believe he could face years of solitary confinement and could be locked up for 23 hours a day. His father Abu Ahsan said: "He's born and brought up in this country and if he'd done anything wrong in this country then it will be tried according to the law in this country. His father further stated, "He has never been in America." Robin Simcox, from the Henry Jackson Society - an organization

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which seeks to promote liberal democracy around the world believes extradition would be in the interests of justice. He said: "For the European court to decide all of a sudden that America wouldn't be a fair place to try terrorist suspects strikes me as a completely unreasonable position to take." But five years on Abu Ahsan remains hopeful of being reunited with his son. "I hope he will come back and when he will come back he will take (over) my business," he said. This article was published by BBC New London on July 21, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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Afghanistan. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina raised the issue Wednesday with the ruling Awami Leagues central working committee. She also hinted at external pressure to hand over the suspects. Hasina assured U.S. officials that her government would take necessary steps to nab the suspects, who are still at large. The suspected jihadists, according to intelligence sources, returned to Bangladesh through clandestine routes soon after the U.S. and British-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Hundreds of Bangladeshi recruits have joined the jihad in Afghanistan that overthrew the proWest Mujahideen government. Senior Pentagon officials, through diplomatic channels, have submitted a list of Bangladeshi militants and demanded the extradition of those suspected militants now living in Bangladesh. Since the government led by the pro-secular prime minister swept to power more than two years ago in Bangladesh, scores of selfproclaimed Jihadists who boasted to have fought with the Taliban have been arrested. Earlier, Bangladesh pledged to the United States and Britain to support the war on terror and have received high profile counterterrorism training. Afghanistan-trained militants are a security threat to Bangladeshs tolerant and secular Muslim majority, according to political scientist Professor Imtiaz Ahmed of state-owned Dhaka University. This article was written by Saleem Samad and published by Aid Netherlands on July 24, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice

America Demands Bangladesh Extradite TalibanTrained Militants

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Submitted at 11:06 AM July 25, 2011

The United States has demanded extradition of Bangladesh-born militants who were recruited and trained by the Taliban in

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Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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acquire, transfer, and use antiaircraft missiles; and to provide material support to terrorism. Smulian pleaded guilty to identical charges in a cooperation agreement with the government. Bout was extradited to the United States on Nov. 16, 2010 and arraigned in New York's Southern District the next day. He sought dismissal of the charges in two motions, most recently in May. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin denied his first request on July 12. On Thursday, the parties met to discuss Bout's challenges to his indictment, including claims of vindictive prosecution and unlawful extradition. Although she reserved judgment on the motion, Judge Scheindlin did not appear persuaded by Bout's lawyers, who claimed his arrest was politically motivated. Two WikiLeaks cables submitted as evidence purportedly show that U.S. diplomats pressured the Thai judiciary into granting Bout's extradition. One cable indicates that diplomats argued that denying extradition might compromise Thailand's efforts to get fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra back in their custody, a defense motion states. Ousted in 2006, Shinawatra was convicted of graft. A Thai court declined to extradite Bout, but an appellate court overturned that, in a move that Bout alleges was tainted by diplomatic pressure. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan McGuire blasted Bout's lawyers' "sensational claims," adding that Shinawatra is not in U.S. custody. The British newspaper The Independent recently interviewed Shinawatra at his luxury villa in Dubai. Scheindlin said that "even if the WikiLeak documents were authentic," there is nothing unusual about diplomatic pressure in

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extradition, and treaties show that U.S. courts cannot investigate the decisions of another country's judicial system. Bout's attorney Albert Dayan said the arms dealer acted as a businessman rather than a terrorenabler when he allegedly tried to sell weapons to the FARC. Dayan says the government must prove Bout acted with "malice aforethought" for two of its counts. Prosecutors say they can prove his FARC sympathies and willingness to kill Americans with forensic evidence from Bout's computer and his own statements during the sting operation. Bout allegedly told the undercover agents: "Your fight is my fight." Dayan countered: "That could be a salesman pitch." The controversy will be decided by a jury, at a trial set for Oct. 11. This article was written by Adam Klasfield and published by Courthouse News Service on July 22, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Judge Doubts Effect of WikiLeaks Cables' on Viktor Bout's Case

McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 11:25 AM July 25, 2011

WikiLeaks cables that allegedly show U.S. diplomats pressured Thailand to extradite suspected international arms smuggler Viktor Bout are not likely to influence his trial for conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, a federal judge said at a hearing. Bout's exploits loosely formed the basis for Nicholas Cage's character in the film "Lord of War," and were the subject of investigative journalist Douglas Farah's book, "The Merchant of Death." Speaking of Farrah's work, Bout allegedly told a Drug Enforcement Administration agent: "The book is bullshit." Thai authorities arrested Bout in Bangkok in an international sting operation on March 6, 2008. Bout was suspected of conspiring with Andrew Smulian to sell millions of dollars of weapons to DEA agents posing as members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), a designated terrorist organization. A grand jury indicted Bout a month later on charges of conspiring to kill United States nationals; to kill officers and employees of the United States; to

Teenager Questioned Over Links to International Hacking Ring Faces

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group of so called hacktivists was launched last year. The probe has since widened to cover LulzSec, a smaller and less overtly political group that splintered from Anonymous in April and embarked on a twomonth spree of cyber-attacks. The 14, including 11 men and two women aged between 20 and 42, were arrested in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio. The court withheld the identity of one individual. There were two further cyber-crime arrests in the US, unrelated to PayPal. Last month, Ryan Cleary, 19, from Essex, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to hack into the website of SOCA. He was charged with a string of cyberattacks on UK-based sites before being released on conditional bail. The teenager, who has since been diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome, is also wanted for questioning in the US over a cyberattack on the Facebook website and could face extradition even if tried and convicted of crimes in the UK. He is being represented by Karen Todner, the solicitor for Gary McKinnon, a hacker who has been fighting extradition to the US for six years, who said that she hopes the Foreign Office will have learned lessons from her clients case, and that Mr. Cleary will be dealt with in the UK. After Mr Clearys arrest, LulzSec announced it would disband. But the group re-emerged this week to claim credit for hacking the website of The Sun newspaper and publishing a spoof story that claimed Rupert Murdoch was dead. Anonymous has claimed responsibility for attacks against corporate and government websites all over the world. The group also claims to have disrupted the websites of Visa and MasterCard in December when the credit card companies stopped

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processing donations to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. More than 60 people allegedly linked to either or both groups have now been arrested worldwide, including eight in Britain. Scotland Yard's Police Central e-Crime Unit previously arrested five in January, one in April and one in June. The 16-year-old who is allegedly Tflow could face extradition to the United States. The majority of this article was written by Victoria Ward and Christopher Williams and published by The Telegraph on July 21, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Extradition to US
McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 12:08 AM July 25, 2011

Police believe the teenager is connected to hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec. The teenager was arrested in south London amid a new wave of internet attacks. He remained in custody overnight but is currently out on bail. Police believe he is connected to the notorious hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec which have been blamed for a string of attacks on organizations including the CIA, the US Senate and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). The teenager, who was held under the Computer Misuse Act, reportedly goes by the online username Tflow. Tflow is allegedly a high ranking member of the online hacking group Lulzsec. However, there is some speculation whether or not the teen is in fact Tflow. Members of the hacking group Anonymous contest that it was Tflow who was arrested, while Fox News confirms that it was Tflow. Scotland Yards specialist cybercrime unit acted in cooperation with the FBI, which arrested 14 people for allegedly mounting a cyber-attack on PayPal's website. Dutch police also made four arrests. Anonymous targeted the online payment specialist in retaliation for withdrawing its services from WikiLeaks after it released thousands of classified US State Department cables last November. Members bombarded the website with traffic in an attempt to overwhelm its servers and force it offline. The FBI arrests are the first in the United States since the international investigation of the