extradition - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:54:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Ozzie freed early on compassionate grounds https://bahamascourtnews.com/ozzie-freed-early-on-compassionate-grounds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ozzie-freed-early-on-compassionate-grounds Fri, 30 Dec 2022 07:13:24 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5868 Drug lord Austin “Ozzie” Knowles is back home in The Bahamas after being granted compassionate release due to an undisclosed medical condition.

The post Ozzie freed early on compassionate grounds first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post Ozzie freed early on compassionate grounds appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]> SBF extradited to the U.S https://bahamascourtnews.com/sbf-extradited-to-the-u-s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sbf-extradited-to-the-u-s Thu, 22 Dec 2022 05:04:20 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5817 Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, will be arraigned in a New York Court today on a litany of fraud charges following his extradition from The Bahamas on December 21. After spending a week and a half at the Bahamas Department of Corrections, the 30-year-old, better known as SBF, formally waived […]

The post SBF extradited to the U.S first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post SBF extradited to the U.S appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]> Crypto fugitive SBF gets January bail date https://bahamascourtnews.com/crypto-fugitive-sbf-gets-january-bail-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crypto-fugitive-sbf-gets-january-bail-date Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:19:11 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=5801 NASSAU- Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX, will appear before a judge on January 17, 2023 for bail. The disgraced cryptocurrency mogul will spend the holidays behind bars after his lawyers did not seek an expedited emergency bail hearing. Bankman-Fried, who is nicknamed SBF, is fighting extradition to New York, where he is […]

The post Crypto fugitive SBF gets January bail date first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post Crypto fugitive SBF gets January bail date appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]> Accused drug dealer gets trial date https://bahamascourtnews.com/accused-drug-dealer-gets-trial-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=accused-drug-dealer-gets-trial-date Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:19:50 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=4920 Nassau, Bahamas – The trial of accused drug dealer Shawn Saunders, otherwise known as Shawn Bruey, is expected to begin on February 14 in Florida. Saunders, 52, was extradited from The Bahamas to Florida to face drug smuggling charges on December 22, 2021, 19 years after American authorities requested his extradition. Prosecutors allege that Saunders, […]

The post Accused drug dealer gets trial date first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post Accused drug dealer gets trial date appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]> Drug lord denied early release from prison https://bahamascourtnews.com/drug-lord-denied-early-release-from-prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drug-lord-denied-early-release-from-prison Sun, 19 Dec 2021 15:24:38 +0000 https://bahamascourtnews.com/?p=4795 Drug lord Austin “Ozzie” Knowles has been denied early release from prison in Georgia. In a ruling released on December 15, District Judge Robin Rosenberg said there were no compelling reasons for his release. Knowles, 58, ended a 16-year-long fight against extradition when he withdrew an appeal to the Privy Council in 2018. He pleaded […]

The post Drug lord denied early release from prison first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post Drug lord denied early release from prison appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]> Extradited drug dealers plead guilty in Florida https://bahamascourtnews.com/extradited-drug-dealers-plead-guilty-in-florida/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=extradited-drug-dealers-plead-guilty-in-florida Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:19:29 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/extradited-drug-dealers-plead-guilty-in-florida/ Three Bahamian drug dealers who were extradited to Florida in September are now awaiting sentencing. Edson Watson, Nathaniel Knowles, and former policeman Ian Bethel on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States between June and November 2002. The men were part of drug gang headed by Austin “Ozzie” Knowles. He […]

The post Extradited drug dealers plead guilty in Florida first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post Extradited drug dealers plead guilty in Florida appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]> Nygard faces extradition on sex trafficking claims https://bahamascourtnews.com/nygard-faces-extradition-on-sex-trafficking-claims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nygard-faces-extradition-on-sex-trafficking-claims Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:26:48 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/nygard-faces-extradition-on-sex-trafficking-claims/ Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is facing extradition to the United States. Nygard, 79, was arrested in Winnipeg Monday night following the unsealing of an indictment in Manhattan Federal Court charging him with sex trafficking and racketeering. The indictment alleges that since 1996 he used the Nygard Group “as well as its employees, funds, and […]

The post Nygard faces extradition on sex trafficking claims first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post Nygard faces extradition on sex trafficking claims appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]> Dealer makes last-ditch appeal to block extradition https://bahamascourtnews.com/dealer-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-block-extradition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealer-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-block-extradition Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:52:15 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/dealer-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-block-extradition/ NASSAU-Wanted drug dealer Sean Bruey has made a last-ditch attempt to block his extradition to Florida. Bruey’s lawyer Osman Johnson has filed an urgent application for leave to appeal to the Privy Council. If the court doesn’t grant permission, Bruey’s 18-year battle against extradition will come to an end. The Court of Appeal will hear […]

The post Dealer makes last-ditch appeal to block extradition first appeared on Bahamas Court News.

The post Dealer makes last-ditch appeal to block extradition appeared first on Bahamas Court News.

]]>