BTA Bank helped apprehend AblyazovFormer head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov was found thanks to the bank’s efforts and was arrested after the information was passed on to the French authorities.
US, China clash over Snowden but see trade progress The United States reprimanded China for not handing over fugitive leaker Edward Snowden, but the two powers saw progress elsewhere in ties including on reaching an investment treaty.
Snowden extradition would be a 'betrayal': China media A state-backed Chinese newspaper Monday said extraditing former spy Edward Snowden to the United States would be a "betrayal" of his trust and a "face-losing outcome" for Beijing.
Guatemala extradites ex-president to US Guatemala extradited former president Alfonso Portillo to the United States on Friday to face charges of laundering $70 million of swindled government funds through US banks.
McAfee back in US after Guatemala expulsion Computer software pioneer John McAfee was back on American soil Wednesday after being expelled from Guatemala, escaping immediate deportation to Belize for questioning over his neighbor's murder.
13 December 2012
Software pioneer McAfee seeks return to United States US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said Sunday that he has filed legal motions with the Guatemalan government to avoid extradition to Belize, in hopes of being sent instead to the United States.
Radical preacher Abu Hamza extradited to US Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects were on their way from Britain to the United States on Saturday after a court rejected their last-ditch court bid to block their extradition.
07 October 2012
WikiLeaks says US gave 'tacit approval' to embassy attacks Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks declared on Wednesday that the United States had effectively given groups an opening to attack its embassies by supporting the siege of its founder Julian Assange.
14 September 2012
Ecuador renews call for safe passage for Assange Ecuador repeated demands Thursday that Britain grant safe passage to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up in Quito's London embassy in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden.
08 September 2012
German left-wing MP visits Assange at Ecuador embassy German far-left MP Sevim Dagdelen on Sunday visited Julian Asange, who has been holed up at Ecuador's embassy in London since June, and afterwards expressed her solidarity with the Wikileaks founder.