Extradition

Fugitive from Panama and architect of "Fraud of the Century" extradited

One fled at the last minute to Panama, the other escaped to Israel after the "Fraud of the Century": A dramatic weekend at Ben-Gurion Airport concluded with two massive extraditions.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
Police officers at Ben-Gurion Airport
Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Convicted fraudster extradited to Israel from Panama following multi-year pursuit

"Tax offenders cannot escape the threat of justice," a Tax Authority spokesperson stated. "Even those who choose to flee to the ends of the earth will be found, extradited, and brought to justice."

|ByAARON GLICK
ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents and US Marshals arrest Yechiel Yehoshua Farkas, former Bnei Brak principal, in Lakewood, New Jersey, April 30, 2026.

Former Bnei Brak principal wanted in Israel for sex crimes against children arrested by ICE

Farkas appeared before the Clarkson S. Fisher US Federal Courthouse in Trenton on April 21, where it was ruled that he would remain in federal custody.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Authorities extradite Iranian citizen Reza Dindar, published April 20, 2026.

Iranian citizen extradited to US under Iran-China smuggling indictment

Reza Dindar, a 44-year-old Iranian, faces a nine-count indictment in Seattle for attempting to evade US trade sanctions on Iran by using third countries like China for illegal exports.

|ByJAMES GENN

Israeli modeling agent accused of sexual assault detained in Amsterdam

Avital was arrested in the Dutch capital on Friday in a joint operation by Israeli and Dutch police after fleeing Israel 10 months ago.

AUGUST 22, 2022ByALON HACHMON/MAARIV ONLINE
Israeli modeling agent Shai Avital (C) poses for a picture with Israeli models during an event on a rooftop in Tel Aviv, on September 17, 2017

UK approves US extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange

The Home Office said his extradition had now been approved but he could still appeal the decision. WikiLeaks said he would.

JUNE 17, 2022ByREUTERS
Former Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, editor in chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsonn, Assange's Father John Shipton and singer Roger Waters attend a protest against the extradition of Julian Assange outside the Australian High Commission in London, Brit

Romania will not extradite Israeli to Belarus due to poor human rights - report

The court agreed that Roman Dorfman had no chance at a fair trial in Belarus due to the minimal human rights present in the country.

MAY 3, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko enters a hall during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 11, 2022.

Former Honduras president extradited to US on drugs, weapons charges

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Hernandez received millions of dollars from drug trafficking organizations, including from the former leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, "El Chapo" Guzman.

APRIL 22, 2022ByREUTERS
Honduras former President Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by members of the National Police to his extradition to the United States, to face a trial on drug trafficking and arms possession charges, at a police base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras April 21, 2022.

Beirut port blast suspect to face extradition hearing in Madrid

Moreira is not allowed to leave Spain. His passport has been taken away and he must appear before authorities on a weekly basis, a judicial source said.

APRIL 21, 2022ByREUTERS
A woman walks on rubble at the site of last year’s Beirut port blast on July 13

Lawyers group appoints first-ever Israeli reps. for global forums - exclusive

Until now, many of the influential committees and meetings of international lawyers on the issue of extradition had no Israeli representation.

NOVEMBER 17, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
View of Israel's Justice Ministry, containing the Attorney-General's Office, in Jerusalem on March 20, 2018.

Mexico asks Israel to extradite ex-official over missing students case

Tomas Zeron, former head of Mexico's criminal investigation agency, went to Israel to evade a probe into his handling of the investigation into the disappearances of 43 student teachers 7 years ago.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021ByREUTERS
Senior Director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Mexican Attorney General's Office, Tomas Zeron de Lucio, speaks in Mexico City

Biden, bring the Sbarro massacre mastermind to justice

It is time for this outrage to end and for America to demand that King Abdullah hand over Tamimi to stand trial for her crimes. The victims of Sbarro deserve no less. 

JULY 30, 2021ByMICHAEL FREUND
Sbarro terror mastermind Ahlam Tamimi prays with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, Cairo 2011

Israeli man sentenced to 10-25 years in US court for 2004 rape case

While preliminary criminal proceedings were ongoing, Moshe Journo fled to Israel and evaded Israeli police custody until 2017.

JULY 13, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prison cell block

Will Ahlam Tamimi be extradited from Jordan for the murder of Malki Roth?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Is justice ignored for the victims of the Sbarro suicide bombing?

APRIL 30, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A GAPING hole is left in the shop front of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem after the suicide bombing that killed 15 people and wounded more than 80 others.