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Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:52:47 -0400

GUATEMALA CITY - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts.

SD campus burglary suspect waives extradition

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:04:05 -0400

MADISON, South Dakota - A suspect in break-ins on the Dakota State University campus in Madison has waived extradition from Minnesota and will be brought back to South Dakota to face burglary and grand theft charges.

New Zealand's top court takes Kim Dotcom appeal

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:46:04 -0400

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand's highest court ruled Thursday that it will hear an appeal by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and three colleagues as they seek to avoid extradition to the United States.

Nicaragua extradites US man in $137M fraud case

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:31:16 -0400

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaraguan authorities deported a U.S. man on Wednesday to face fraud and money laundering charges in his home country.

Man wanted in WA, MN arrested in S. Dakota

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:25:50 -0400

PIERRE, South Dakota - A man wanted in Washington and Minnesota has been arrested in Pierre.

Official: UK fugitive won't fight extradition

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:26:16 -0400

MADRID - A Spanish court says a British fugitive who was arrested while sunbathing at a luxury villa has told a judge he will not fight his extradition.

Iran recalls its ambassador in Cyprus

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:16:25 -0400

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iran has withdrawn its ambassador in Cyprus to protest the country's decision to extradite an Iranian to the United States for prosecution, officials said Friday.

Man returned to St. Pete to face murder charges

Fri, 10 May 2013 05:40:07 -0400

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - An ex-fugitive suspected of slaying his former girlfriend and a man she was seeing is back in St. Petersburg to face charges.

Philippine police: ex-Marine, murder weapon linked

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:50:54 -0400

ALBANY, New York - More than 20 months after the bodies of a retired Northern Ireland police officer and his girlfriend were found in a Philippines bedroom littered with bullet casings, authorities seeking the extradition of a former U.S. Marine say they have linked him to guns used in the killings and recovered blood-splattered jeans he tried to have burned.

Alleged cartel lieutenant could be extradited soon

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:26:32 -0400

CHICAGO - A defense attorney says a reputed security chief for Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel could soon be extradited to Chicago.

Spain refuses to hand over ex-HSBC worker

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:22:58 -0400

MADRID - Spain's National Court on Wednesday ruled against extraditing a former HSBC employee to Switzerland, where he faces charges of stealing and revealing client information.

Dutch gov't website attacked; suspect extradited

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:18:29 -0400

AMSTERDAM - The Dutch government said Wednesday its main website is being hacked, and also confirmed that a man suspected of participating in another major cyberattack on Swiss-British anti-spam watchdog group Spamhaus has been extradited from Spain to the Netherlands.

Suspect in stabbings extradited from Oklahoma

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:56:18 -0400

PAULS VALLEY, Oklahoma - A man accused in the fatal stabbings of his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son has returned to Texas after his arrest in Oklahoma.

UP woman extradited to Illinois for 1979 cold case

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:38:08 -0400

CRYSTAL FALLS, Michigan - A woman from Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been returned to Illinois to face charges in the 34-year-old slaying of a suburban Chicago man.

Illinois fugitive waives extradition

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:10:05 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - A fugitive arrested in Madison after a daylong manhunt in south-central Wisconsin will be returned to Illinois.

Man facing charges linked to SpyEye virus

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:22:24 -0400

ATLANTA - An Algerian man accused of helping to develop and market a computer program that drained millions of dollars from bank accounts around the world pleaded not guilty Friday to nearly two dozen charges.

Ex-Iowa slaughterhouse manager faces US charges

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:49:21 -0400

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - After fleeing to Israel following an immigration raid in 2008, a former manager at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa finally appeared in a U.S. courtroom Friday to face charges that he conspired to exploit immigrant workers for profit.