Extradition law

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, 2023|ByJACOB KESSLER/JTA

Former Peru's President Alejandro Toledo and his wife Eliane Karp

Israeli citizen detained in Greece over 8-year-old custody case

L. has been detained on the Island of Crete since late October due to charges opened against her by her abusive ex-husband in 2014.

NOVEMBER 29, 2022|ByMATAN WASSERMAN, JOSH ARONSON

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Nissenkorn signs extradition order for Malka Leifer

Sex abuser has one last delay tactic.

DECEMBER 17, 2020|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JEREMY SHARON

THE YESHIVA University High School for Boys in New York

Untouchable – how the alleged Yeshiva University abusers escaped justice

Alleged YU abusers now live in Israel, and neither Israeli nor US law can touch them

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019|ByLAUREN IZSO

Thousands of Hong Kong protesters gather after violence

Authorities have shut government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week after some of the worst violence in Hong Kong since Britain handed it back to Chinese rule in 1997.

JUNE 13, 2019

ByREUTERS

Police officers fire a tear gas during a demonstration against a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong, China June 12, 2019.