October 20, 2022
Politics, World
Greece’s Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras will have to decide on whether to extradite a Serbian man to Croatia, where he is wanted for alleged war crimes committed in 1991, during the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia, or Serbia, which lodged a similar request on October 11. The 59-year-old Serbian national was …
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May 7, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek far-right member of the European Parliament IOannis Lagos arrested last month in Belgium can be extradited to Greece to serve a 13-year prison sentence, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said Friday. The office said Ioannis Lagos has until Monday to appeal the Brussels court’s ruling that the European arrest warrant …
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October 31, 2019
Refugees
In an unanimous decision, the Greek Supreme Court ruled that Iranian Sharareh Khademi should not be extradited to Iran. Extradition of the 37-year old nurse would pose an “immediate risk to her life” and she could be abused, the prosecutor had proposed. The court annulled the decision of the Court …
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January 31, 2019
Greece
Just a couple of days before Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras set foot in Turkey following an invitation by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the latter indirectly put the agenda on the table: Athens should hand over the Ankara the 8 Turkish soldiers that fled to Greece a day after …
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November 8, 2018
Turkey-GR
A Turkish court has begun extradition proceedings for Turkish former international football player Arif Erdem, who faces a possible 15-year prison sentence in Turkey for alleged membership of the outlawed Gülen religious movement, Ahval reports citing Turkish news site Diken reported. A warrant to detain Erdem was issued in July …
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August 5, 2018
Politics, Turkey-GR
Greek Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis intervened in the extradition case of Turkish journalist Turgut Kaya. With a ministerial decision issued on Saturday, Kontonis froze the extradition the extradition process ordered by a Greek court earlier this year. The Turkish journalist, aged 45, has been on a hunger strike since the …
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July 6, 2018
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, accused “the West” for having put pressure on Greece to not extradite the 8 Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after the failed coup of July 2016. In an interview with state news agency Anadolu, Cavusoglu said the Greek Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister …
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June 14, 2018
Uncategorized
A Greek Court of Appeals confirmed the decision to not extradite whistleblower Maria Efimova, a Russian national, to Malta. The request for the extradition of Pilatus Bank whistleblower Maria Efimova has been denied by the Greek Court of Appeal in a decision delivered on Thursday. Maria Efimova was the source …
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April 13, 2018
Politics, World
A court in Greece rejected two Maltese requests to extradite Russian whistleblower Maria Efimova to Malta on Thursday. Efimova was the whistleblower who reportedly helped Daphne Caruana Galizia’s investigation into high-level corruption in Malta. Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bombing in October 2017. Judges in Athens said the …
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March 16, 2018
Turkey-GR
With an unanimous decision, the Appeal Council in Athens rejected the extradition of the 8 Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece a day after the failed coup in July 2016. It was the third extradition request Turkey had submitted to Greek authorities. the judges in the Appeals Council accepted the …
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March 6, 2018
Turkey-GR
The Greek Appeal Court has decided not to extradite a member of far-left terrorist group DHKP-C, who was arrested in the capital Athens in December 2017. The court accepted the public prosecutor’s suggestion that the Turkish authorities’ extradition request for Sadi Naci Ozpolat, 48, should not be accepted. The defendant …
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February 2, 2018
Politics, Turkey-GR
A Greek court on Friday ruled against the extradition of a Turkish man wanted by Turkey over links to a banned militant group blamed for suicide bombings in Turkey, court officials said. Mehmet Dogan, 60, is one of nine people detained by Greece’s anti-terrorism service in November, weeks before Turkish …
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January 24, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkey has filed one more extradition request claiming it had new evidence about the involvement of the 8 Turkish soldiers in the failed coup of July 2016. The file was was given to Greek officials during the visit of Turkish Deputy Justice Minister Bilal Ucar in Athens on Tuesday. “We …
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September 20, 2017
World
Moscow has requested the extradition of a Russian national also wanted in the United States for laundering billions of dollars through a Bitcoin exchange he operated, a judicial source said Tuesday. Alexander Vinnik, who headed BTC-e, an exchange he operated for the Bitcoin crypto-currency, was indicted by a US court …
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July 1, 2017
Turkey-GR
Turkish provocation at its best! A television broadcaster in Turkey quoted a Greek Muslim lawmaker from the government party. MP from Rhodopi in Thrace, Mustafa Moustafa was quoted to have said “Germany did not allow Greece to extradite the 8 Turkish soldiers to Turkey.” According to Turkish Start TV, Mustafa …
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May 4, 2017
Turkey-GR
Turkeish Foreign Ministry warns of rift in relations with Greece after a Greek court rejected also Ankara’s second request for the extradition of eight soldiers, who fled to the neighboring country after the failed coup of July 2016. Challenging the court decision, Ankara claims that the decision of the Greek …
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May 3, 2017
Turkey-GR
A Greek court on Wednesday blocked a second request by Turkey for the extradition of Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece in July after a failed coup attempt, court officials said, potentially increasing tensions between the traditional foes. The ruling applied to three of eight soldiers who fled. Extradition of …
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April 25, 2017
Turkey-GR
A Greek court has rejected a new Turkish extradition bid for three of eight Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece by helicopter after last year’s failed military coup in Turkey. Greece’s supreme court has already ruled that none of the eight men should be extradited as they wouldn’t get a …
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March 2, 2017
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey has requested the deportation of the two Turkish commandos suspected to be coup plotters assigned to assassination President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two commandos fled to Greece by crossing the Evros River on February 15th and asked for asylum. The deportation request has been submitted to Greek authorities by …
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February 1, 2017
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s deputy prime minister Veysi Kaynak openly threatened Greece and claimed that the Turkish Armed Forces will prevent Greece in the Aegean Sea. Speaking to state-run Anadolu News Agency, Kaynak said: “Greece, just like in Kardak [Turkish name for Imia] is trying to exploit tie islets but Turkey will not …
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