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extradition

[ek-struh-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk strəˈdɪʃ ən /


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Police in Pula, Croatia on Wednesday arrested Volodymyr Zhuravlyov under a European arrest warrant put out by Germany, which is seeking his extradition.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Lebanon has handed Syria a former general who served under the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad, in the first extradition of its kind since his government fell.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

After his planned extradition from Croatia, they say he will be brought before an investigating judge to face charges of causing explosions and sabotage.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

In April, he pleaded not guilty in a Florida court, following his extradition from Arkansas, and posted a $600,000 bond.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

At that time I hadn’t seen the suspects—just examined their possessions and arranged the extradition waivers.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

And investigators were able to obtain warrants and extraditions "in record time" because of the awareness - the podcast hit Number 24 on the iTunes chart.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

These are not extraditions, because these folks are not being sought by El Salvador on any charges there, and certainly have not gone through any extradition process.

From Slate Apr. 8, 2025

But Swedish courts have blocked other extraditions, and Swedish officials have said that they cannot override their country’s free-speech protections.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 2023

Months later, the British government enacted policies that “made similar extraditions extremely difficult,” according to the Nelson Hackett Project, a digital work of public scholarship helmed by the University of Arkansas Humanities Center.

From Seattle Times Jun. 17, 2023

In Peru, all extraditions must be approved by the president.

From Washington Times May 11, 2023




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