Rainer Hughes

International Crime & Extradition

The international climate is changing, upon our departure from the EU.

Extradition is the formal process adopted to request the surrender of requested persons from one jurisdiction to another for 3 purposes:

  1. To enable the prosecution of the requested person – to be prosecuted.
  2. To be sentenced for an offence for which the person has already been convicted.
  3. For the person to carry out a sentence already imposed.

The international climate is changing, upon our departure from the EU. Inevitably, it is becoming more and more commonplace the issue of arrest warrants, Interpol red notices which is a request to locate and provisionally arrest a requested person pending a full extradition application. Needless to say, such warrants have the effect of restricting the freedom of a person and inevitably deprivation of liberty.

Here at Rainer Hughes, we have expertise in acting on behalf of clients that have been issued with Interpol red notices and have been the subject of extradition notices. We will challenge robustly the use of such draconian measures.

Key Experience

We act on behalf of high-profile individuals to contest Account Freezing Orders and Cash Forfeiture Orders.

Acted on numerous Drug Related Criminal matters, achieving successful outcome for clients.

Advised on a serious financial crime matter. Rainer Hughes was able to liaise with the relevant parties to agree upon a compromise that was a positive outcome for our client.

Acted on behalf of a high-profile and high net-worth individual to successfully contest Account Freezing Orders and Cash Forfeiture Orders.