Extradition

Ireland's new extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) places Irish citizens at risk, a lawyer and human rights advocate has warned. Radha Stirling, CEO of campaign group Detained in Dubai, said the highly-publicised case of 28-year-old Tori Towey this summer highlighted widespread jud

The Supreme Court has made a second reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case where the UK seeks the extradition of a man accused of committing IRA-related terrorism offences in Northern Ireland. Delivering its judgment, the seven-judge Supreme Court stated: “The

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has successfully extradited a person to Northern Ireland to face charges relating to waste criminality for the first time. Michael Meegan, 57, from Co Louth, was yesterday sentenced to fines totalling £1,500 plus a £60 offender levy at

Ireland is to sign bilateral treaties with the United Arab Emirates on extradition and mutual legal assistance. Ministers today gave government approval for justice minister Helen McEntee to sign the treaties. Dáil approval will then be sought before the domestic procedures necessary to allow

Foreign cybercriminals could be extradited as part of a crackdown on the rise in young people being targeted for sextortion – the practice of blackmailing them over sexual images. Gangs, often based in west Africa, trick teenagers into sending intimate pictures of themselves to fraudsters who

The Supreme Court has referred a question to the European Court of Justice concerning its obligations in respect of a man requested to be surrendered to the UK for alleged terrorism offences. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Marie Baker considered that: “Mere evidence of d

The Irish government will seek to negotiate an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite concerns raised by human rights campaigners, according to reports. There have been calls from some quarters for Ireland to follow Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands in striking an agreemen

Justice minister Helen McEntee this morning discussed a possible new bilateral extradition treaty with her UAE counterpart despite previous objections from human rights campaigners. Human rights lawyer Radha Stirling, who heads up campaign group Detained in Dubai, warned in September that "any such

The Department of Justice has issued a scam warning following the circulation of fraudulent letters relating to extradition.

Human rights campaigners have sounded a note of caution amid calls for Ireland to sign a bilateral extradition agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Barry Andrews, a Fianna Fáil MEP for Dublin, last week said Ireland should follow Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands in striking an a

The extradition of a man from the UK to the USA to face trial for drug dealing and trafficking — with the possibility of being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole — would not violate his human rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In the Grand Chamber ju

Northern Ireland’s High Court has allowed the extradition of an applicant from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland after he breached his parole license terms. The court rejected his claim that Northern Ireland should not have jurisdiction over crimes committed in Ireland, and found tha

The Supreme Court has determined that it will hear an appeal relating to the surrender of a man to Lithuania where the State had failed to implement Framework Directive 2008/909/JHA. In the determination delivered by the court yesterday, it was noted that the High Court appeared to have been led int

Northern Ireland's High Court has rejected all grounds of appeal against an extradition warrant to Poland. Although Poland’s courts had a "general systemic deficiency", the court held that this did not create a presumption that the applicant would be denied a fair trial. The applicant, Kamil C

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal brought by a man seeking to avoid surrender to Lithuania on foot of a European arrest warrant. It was alleged that the appellant acquired and smuggled firearms from Lithuania into Ireland for the Real Irish Republican Army. The appellant argued that his surr