Extradition

Norway to extradite ‘Ashkelon hacker’ Michael Kadar to US despite severe mental health concerns

Israeli-American Michael Kadar was arrested in 2017 after sending a series of bomb threats to Jewish community centers and institutions in multiple countries.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
An US-Israeli teen who was arrested in Israel on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand is seen at a remand hearing at Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, Israel on March 23, 2017
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (R) speaks with Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al-Shaibani during a meeting in Beirut on October 10, 2025.

Is Lebanon hiding hundreds of Syrian officers, helping them evade justice?

As Syrian officers face extradition from Lebanon, the country’s legal and political landscape is tested. Will Beirut navigate this complex issue or let tensions rise?

|ByRIZIK ALABI / THE MEDIA LINE
ExxonMobil logo is seen in this illustration taken, October 6, 2023.

Israeli private investigator loses extradition fight over US 'hack and leak' charges

Amit Forlit, 57, is facing charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and computer hacking relating to his alleged targeting of environmental activists.

|ByREUTERS
ARNOLD AND Frimet Roth have spent over two decades fighting to obtain justice for the murder of their 15-year-old daughter, Malki Roth, a victim of the Sbarro restaurant bombing. Here, the scene of the attack in Jerusalem’s city center on August 9, 2001.

Trump’s return ignites new push to extradite Sbarro bombing driver from Jordan

US AFFAIRS: Trump’s return to the White House renews hope for Malki Roth’s family as they push for the extradition of her killer, Hamas terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, from Jordan to the US.

|ByYUVAL LEVY

US waits for extradition of Russian-Israeli national as part of LockBit Ransomware arrests

The LockBit group blackmailed more than $500 million from their victims and caused billions more in damages and repair/recovery costs.

DECEMBER 21, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Are ransomware attacks going to continue to rise? Worrying trends indicate that they may.

Israeli court rules Mexican ex-diplomat accused of rape extraditable

Jerusalem District Court ordered Andres Roemer to be placed under house arrest with an electronic ankle bracelet while awaiting extradition.

MARCH 28, 2024ByREUTERS
Andrés Roemer seen in 2009

Israeli sex offender gets 19 years in prison after extradition from Ukraine

Despite the fact that 30 years have passed, the court accepted the position of the prosecutor's office that the defendant's place is behind bars for a very long time.

JANUARY 8, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
GILBOA PRISON, in northern Israel near the West Bank.

Israel files to extradite alleged rapist ex-diplomat Roemer back to Mexico

In 2016, Roemer had walked out of a debate on a UNESCO resolution on the Temple Mount, in contradiction with his government's initial support of the document.

OCTOBER 2, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Andrés Roemer seen in 2009

Jordan-UAE deal on wanted terrorist shows regional cooperation - analysis

As the region begins to feel that great powers are no longer the main players here, they will do more joint work.

MAY 18, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
UAE and Jordanian flags flutter ahead of the preparations for US President Joe Biden's visit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia July 14, 2022.

Jewish former first lady of Peru flees to Israel after extradition request

Peru does not have an extradition agreement in place with Israel.

MAY 13, 2023ByJACOB KESSLER/JTA
Former Peru's President Alejandro Toledo and his wife Eliane Karp

Israeli prof. wanted for arms dealing vanishes before US extradition

The Israeli professor was released on bail while a court deliberated on his extradition to the US, where he is wanted for arms trafficking charges.

APRIL 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, speaks on stage during the opening day of Web Summit 2017 at Altice Arena in Lisbon

Spain authorizes extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Netanyahu, Biden

The accounts of Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Kanye West were also hit.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByREUTERS
22-year-old British citizen Joseph James O'Connor is led by Spanish police officers as he leaves a court after being arrested in connection with an alleged July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, according to the US Justice Department.

Modeling agent, accused sex offender Shai Avital's arrest extended

Avital is expected to be charged with two counts of sexual offenses after 26 women filed a complaint to Israel Police in 18 months.

JANUARY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Modeling agent Shai Avital, who was extradited from the Netherlands and accused of sexual harassment, arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, January 4, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried to be extradited to US

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Bahamas said in a statement that the foreign minister had signed off on allowing Bankman-Fried's extradition to the United States.

DECEMBER 22, 2022ByREUTERS
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2021.

Why the US arrests some terrorists but ignores others - opinion

When the US government really wants to put a terrorist behind bars, it can do so regardless of the legal niceties.

DECEMBER 14, 2022BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
AHLAM TAMIMI, sentenced to 16 life terms for involvement in the suicide bombing attack on the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem in 2001, hugs her father who came to greet her at Amman airport in 2011 following her release from prison in Israel.