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Mother Facing Drug Charges Fights Extradition to US

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Submitted at 9:23 AM July 26, 2011

A mother facing extradition to the United States for allegedly exporting chemicals used to make illegal drugs today pleaded to be allowed to stay with her newborn son. Kerry Anne Howes is currently awaiting a ruling from appeal court judges to decide her fate while caring for 16-week-old Kayden and five other children. The 32-year-old and her husband, Brian, 47, are accused of exporting chemicals from Scotland to the US to make the outlawed drug crystal meth. Lawyers for Mrs. Howes have argued that UK courts should not send her to face trial in Arizona, where they say prisons would not allow her to care for her baby inside the jail. The couple were arrested in January 2007 by police on behalf of the US Drug Enforcement Agency and have been battling extradition ever since. The couple ran a legal chemical business Lab Chemicals International until targeted by undercover agents posing as buyers after a tip-off by one American citizen. They accused Brian and Kerry of selling iodine and red phosphorus in the knowledge they would be used to manufacture the highly addictive drug. The couple maintain they were simply selling chemicals to be used in amateur pyrotechnics.

Red phosphorous is perfectly legal in the UK but strictly regulated in the US. He is on remand in Saughton prison while his wife, who remains on bail, cares for the youngsters at their Bo'ness home. Mrs Howes told the Evening News: "The court hearing was in April and we were told the judgment would take four to six weeks, so it's well overdue. If they send me to the US then Kayden would be taken from me and he would disappear into the care system over there. "Brian's family is scattered all the world and I'm estranged from my family. We've got friends who said they could look after the kids, but taking on six children is a lot to ask. "Every morning I think this is going to be my last day with the children. Everything I do with them, it comes into my head that this could be the last time and I've been living like this for years now." Mrs. Howes is caring for girls Denni, 13, Bethany, 12, Ellie, eight, Leela, five, Cassidy, two, and first boy Kayden. She added: "I just hope the judges will have some sympathy. We're scared that there will be nobody to look after our kids." Speaking from Saughton, Mr. Howes said: "I'm more than happy to go to trial in the US if they will allow my wife to stay and raise our children. It's unbelievable that a British citizen can be treated this way by the courts. Arizona prisons won't allow a baby to stay with its mother but our

courts are considering sending my wife into that situation." Mr. Howes has been on hunger strike since being remanded in April and said he had also made three suicide attempts. At a hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in April 2008, Sheriff Isabella McColl approved moves to extradite the pair. A month later, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill signed the extradition order. The couple has continued to fight extradition to the US, where authorities want to try them on 82 charges in connection with the alleged supply of banned chemicals via the internet for the purpose of producing methamphetamine. Both deny any wrongdoing. If convicted in the US, the couple faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail. This article was written by Alan McEwen and published by scotsman.com on July 26, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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Fitzgerald said when Ramlogan invited the parties involved to make submissions; his client was not allowed to respond to adverse claims made against him. Fitzgerald also claimed the decision was against the principles of natural justice. He said before signing the warrants on October 9 last year, Ramlogan took into consideration the advice of attorney James Lewis who represented the interests of the US throughout previous proceedings. Fitzgerald questioned Lewiss impartiality in giving the advice to Ramlogan. The mens attorneys contended their clients should face trial in T&T instead of the United States for alleged fraud arising out of the construction of the Piarco International Airport terminal since the alleged crime took place and had the most impact on the citizens of T&T. In his submission yesterday, defense attorney Mitchell said: One only has to give a millisecond of thought to decide where is the best forum for these matters to be prosecuted. Mitchell, who described the reasoning for extradition as extraordinary and laughable, said the matter should go on trial in T&T because the offence allegedly occurred and had greater interest in T&T. Galbaransingh is wanted in the US on a 13-count indictment, including money laundering charges involving $1 million (TT$6.3 million) between June 19 and December 10, 2001. Ferguson, former Maritime General CEO, is wanted on an 82count indictment, including moneylaundering charges involving $3,255,345 (TT$20,508,673) alleged to have occurred from November 24, 2000, to March 28, 2002. The charges stemmed from alleged misconduct in the construction of the $1.6 billion Piarco International Airport

U.S. Extradition Hearing for Top Drug Supplier Reset without a Date
McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 9:51 AM July 26, 2011

In the Dominican Republic, the Supreme Courts Penal Chamber rescheduled the Monday morning hearing to an unspecified date, in the extradition request from the United States for Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente (Too Lea), where he faces drug trafficking charges in Puerto Rico. A few minutes after 11 a.m., the Court was scheduled to hear a defense motion, which requests that Rosario face trial in this country. In addition to narcotics charges, Too Lea is accused in the murder of three people, two of them in eastern La Romana three years ago. Drugs Control Agency chief Rolando Rosado affirms that del Rosario was the top drugs supplier for the Puerto Rican kingpin Jose Figueroa Agosto (Junior Capsula), now being held in a maximum security facility in Brooklyn, N.Y. The United States Embassy affirms that del Rosario coordinated major cocaine and heroin shipments from South America to Dominican Republic, from where they were transported by air and sea to Puerto Rico and New York. This article was published by the Dominican Today on July 25, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm

Businessmen Accused of Corruption Argue US Extradition Warrants are Biased

McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 10:23 AM July 26, 2011

Attorneys representing the State are expected to respond later today in the judicial review hearing involving the decision of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan to sign extradition warrants for businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson. Galbaransingh and Ferguson are 2 of the 9 persons facing corruption charges stemming from the construction tactics used in constructing the Piarco International Airport; the controversial new international airport for Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). The mens attorneys contend the decision of Attorney General Ramlogan to sign their clients extradition warrants was unfair and biased. Queens Counsel Edward Fitzgerald and Andrew Mitchell both made the point before Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh in the Port-ofSpain High Court at the start of proceedings on the AGs decision.

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terminal. Fergusons legal team includes Fitzgerald, Fyard Hosein, SC, Rishi Dass and Sasha Bridgmohansingh, while Mitchell and attorney Rajiv Persad represent Galbaransingh. Senior counsel Avory Sinanan and attorney Kelvin Ramkisson represent the AG in the matter which continues today. The majority of this article was written by Derek Achong and published by Guardian Media on July 26, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Prison as of yesterday, before 20 women were transferred to Songkhla Prison to make room for more. Phuket Prison was built 109 years ago to deal with a population on Phuket that was about one tenth the size it is today, and long before drug-taking became such an issue. More than 80 percent of Phuket inmates are being held for drugrelated offenses. The prison's population is at least twice what it should be. Sources say that if officials sought to replicate the conditions in most Western prisons, Phuket Prison would be capable of holding about 300 inmates. Suggestions of a second ''War on Drugs'' of the kind first waged under former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra leave officials wondering where extra Phuket prisoners could be accommodated. Although a site has been nominated, no budget has been set aside to build a new prison. Conditions in Phuket Prison are inevitably growing worse. While Public Health authorities frequently check the health of prisoners, skin diseases are understood to be virtually impossible to avoid. Phuket's prisoners sleep on floor mats so tightly packed into dormitory-style accommodation that some have compared conditions after lock-down to 18th century slave ships. Requests by Phuketwan to tour the dormitory cells at Phuket Prison have been rejected. However, former Phuket expat inmates have vividly described conditions on the inside that include intimidation and extortion, and disturbing sexual activity. No parts of the jail are private. Conditions at Phuket Prison and in Thai jails generally are known to have been raised at the extradition hearing in London for Phuket murder suspect Lee Aldhouse. The 28-year-old kickboxer is wanted on Phuket for the alleged

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murder of former US Marine Dashawn Longfellow in August 2010. British Home Secretary Theresa May has been considering the extradition request since June 30. She has to deliver her decision before August 30. With the first anniversary of the brutal Phuket knifing of Mr. Longfellow now just two weeks away, Thai officials in Britain and Bangkok remain keen to have Mr. Aldhouse returned to face a trial for murder. While the case against Mr. Aldhouse is believed to have been meticulously presented at Westminster Magistrates Court, conditions at Phuket Prison have already been raised as a cause for concern. Mr. Aldhouse, a former Birmingham bus driver and bouncer, is being represented by a Queen's Counsel who will be obliged to pursue the best interests of his client. If the Home Secretary rules that Mr. Aldhouse can be extradited, an appeal to Britain's High Court is likely to be mounted. If the Home Secretary rejected the extradition, Thai authorities would also be expected to appeal. It's believed that senior officials in Thailand are so keen to have Mr. Aldhouse extradited that if the conditions at Phuket Prison continue to be an issue they would be prepared to have him accommodated in a Western-style two-person cell. However, sources tell Phuketwan that Thailand's Office of Corrections is reluctant to provide special cells for anyone, especially considering there are not even remand centers for those people who remain innocent and are merely in jail awaiting trial. The Aldhouse extradition proceedings will also be watched closely on both sides of the Atlantic.

Thai Prison Conditions Raise Concern in Extradition Case

McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 10:53 AM July 26, 2011

Phuket Expat Killing Raises More Questions About Crowded Jail Conditions in Phuket, Thailand. Drug crimes have increased the population of Phuket Prison in Thailand to its bursting point. Troubling as this is, the crowded conditions in the jail may hamper Thailand's battle for the extradition from Britain of murder suspect Lee Aldhouse. Figures released today show that there were 1425 inmates in Phuket

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One local police superintendent on Phuket noted that it seems almost unjust to have Thailand foot the bill for imprisoning an expat Briton for the murder of an expat American, simply because the killing took place on Thai soil. Other, more senior officials in the Thai justice system don't view Thailand's responsibilities the same way. They want Mr. Aldhouse in a Thai jail, if he is found guilty, to demonstrate that Phuket is an international destination and that no crime will be tolerated. While capital punishment in Thailand remains a concern in Britain, where life in jail is now the ultimate penalty for murder, it's not considered a bar to Mr. Aldhouse's extradition. And if Mr. Aldhouse did happen to be sentenced to more than 18 years, he would be incarcerated in Bangkok rather than adding to the swollen population at Phuket Prison. All Thai prisons, though, are thought to be overcrowded at present. One intriguing aspect of the case comes under the what-if category. American authorities have not had any involvement in official extradition proceedings so far. But in the unlikely event that the British authorities eventually reject the extradition and allow Mr. Aldhouse to walk free, could and would American officials mount a case for his extradition to the US and try him there for a crime allegedly committed on Phuket? Pressure for action would certainly be applied strongly on US officials by Mr. Longfellow's stillgrieving family. The majority of this article was written by Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian, and published by Phuketwan Tourism News on July 26, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

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was charged with the attempted assassination, of being a member of the Basque separatist organization, possession of ammunition, murdering a police officer and vehicle theft. At court yesterday, Spanish authorities served six further warrants, all related to Arronategui planting bombs in Spain from 1996 to 1998. Two of the bombs went off, causing extensive damage and one injury. Appearing by video link from Belmarsh prison, where he is on remand, Arronategui denied consent to extradition. Defense Attorney (barrister) Mark Sumer said: ETA was not classified as a terrorist organization in this country when the offences were alleged to have taken place. He was allowed to apply for legal aid for Arronategui, who will appear by video link on August 22 at Westminster magistrates, before a full review of the extradition warrants on September 7. This article was published by the Mirror on July 26, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

ETA Terrorist Accused of Assassination Attempt of King of Spain Allowed to get British Legal Aid to Fight Extradition
McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 11:27 AM July 26, 2011

A terrorist accused of plotting to assassinate the King of Spain and blow up Madrid airport can apply for British legal aid to fight his extradition. Eneko Gogeaskoetxea Arronategui, 44, is also said to have planted bombs at a court house, barracks, a bullring and a town center in a two-year campaign for ETA from 1996 to 1998. But because ETA was not classified as a terrorist organization in Britain at the time, Arronategui can apply for legal aid, Westminster magistrates decided yesterday. Arronategui was living in the UK under the alias Cyril Macq and working as a computer program designer. He was arrested in Cambridge this month on suspicion of being a part of an ETA cell that plotted to kill King Juan Carlos. He

ExPanamanian General Noriega to Be

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

extradition. Noriega is currently 77 years old and is sick, which does not exempt him from serving his sentences. The majority of this article was published by Inside Costa Rica on July 26, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Extradited to Panama in October

McNabb Associates, P.C. (U.S. Extradition Attorneys)
Submitted at 12:08 AM July 26, 2011

The Panamanian Deputy Foreign Minister Alvaro Aleman assured that the ex-General Manuel Antonio Noriega, serving a 7 year prison sentence in France for money laundering, could be extradited to Panama in October. Aleman announced that France is expected to tell Panama's government the exact date for Noriega's extradition, after the U.S. government approved the solicited extradition, so he can serve sentences for up to 67 years for the crimes he convicted of. Noriegas convictions in Panama include ordering the murder of political opponents, as well as embezzlement and corruption. In 1992, he was convicted in federal court in Miami of turning Panama into a transshipment point for Colombian traffickers smuggling cocaine to the United States, and was sentenced to 30 years. On April 26, 2010, Noriega was put on an Air France flight for Paris after loosing a court battle seeking to be returned to Panama after completing his federal prison term. The State Department authorized his extradition. Noriega was found guilty by the 11th chamber of the Tribunal Correctionnel de Paris of money laundering and was sentenced to seven years in prison on July 7, 2010. The tribunal also ordered Mr. Noriega to forfeit about $2.9 million that had been blocked in his French bank accounts. Aleman said that the Panamanian government will name representatives that will travel to France with the aim of attending all the proceedings of Noriega's