EXTRADITION TO BAHRAIN BLOCKED

EXTRADITION TO BAHRAIN BLOCKED

Areios Pagos (Greece’s Court of Cassation) delivered a much-noted judgment against the extradition of a US citizen to the Kingdom of Bahrain. The extradition from Greece was sought to serve a custodial sentence for embezzlement against a Chinese company based on a conviction in absentia by Bahrain’s courts.

Ilias Anagnostopoulos and Alexandros Tsagkalidis represented the extraditee in appellate proceedings before Areios Pagos