Extraditions
Monday, November 16, 2015 - 06:06
Congress is considering a proposal meant to help the Department of Justice pursue a wider range of players in the transnational drug trade, potentially foreshadowing an increase in extraditions and prosecutions of drug traffickers based abroad.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 06:39
After the United States indicted one of Honduras' most powerful families for money laundering, conventional wisdom suggests that other corrupt elites might fear they could be next. However, sources consulted by InSight Crime say this logic does not always prevail amongst the Central American clans believed to have ties with organized crime.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 06:25
A member of the Colombian FARC rebel group was sentenced to 27 years in U.S. federal prison on Tuesday for his role guarding three American hostages held captive in Colombia in the 2000s.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:16
Law enforcement officials say a border region butcher with a bad headlight might help shed light on the scope of Venezuelan military involvement in the cocaine trade.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 06:14
The Dominican Republic says it will seek the extradition of two French pilots who fled the country after being convicted of drug trafficking.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:19
Mexico extradited two drug kingpins and 11 other men to the U.S. Wednesday, fulfilling yearslong U.S. requests that had apparently stalled.
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:41
A Honduran wanted on drug and money laundering charges by the United States was captured in western Honduras, officials said Wednesday.
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:43
Ecuador has extradited a Peruvian man who is accused of being one of Peru's most powerful drug dealers.
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 06:21
The United States government, which spent more than $4 billion in assistance to El Salvador’s military during the conflict — including training the Atlacatl Battalion, which massacred the Jesuits — is now working to bring some of the officers it once partnered with to justice.
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:48
Tajikistan's Interior Ministry says it has filed extradition requests for seven alleged members of a banned Tajik political opposition group who were arrested in Russia in recent months.