A Lisbon court denies a US request to extradite American fugitive George Wright, his lawyer says, on the grounds he is a Portuguese citizen.

A retired CIA officer has been taken into custody in Portugal and faces extradition to Italy within days to serve a four-year sentence for her role in the 2003 kidnapping of a radical Muslim cleric.

George Wright 'wins US extradition case in Portugal' Image caption, George Wright is under house arrest at his home near Lisbon. 17 November 2011.

A FORMER Scots Guard has told of his relief after Portuguese authorities dropped a request to extradite him for a crime he was acquitted of 17 years ago. Graham Mitchell, 49, originally from ...

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The case "will be put on a shelf here somewhere," he said from his office. The U.S. Department of Justice, contacted by email, made no immediate comment. Lawyer: Portugal denies U.S. appeal for ...

A British man says his world has been "turned upside down" after he learned he was facing extradition for an alleged attempted murder he was acquitted of 17 years ago.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday, prima facie, observed that Abu Salem, convicted in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, has ...

Madhya Pradesh high court slapped notices on Centre and CBI, asking whether India violated the extradition decree hammered out with Portugal while trying gangster Abu Salem. Court posted its next ...

Extradited underworld don Abu Salem today moved a Delhi court seeking a stay on his trial in an extortion case in the wake of Portugal's constitutional court turning down India's appeal against ...