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Drug Charged Mom on Suicide Watch After Loosing Extradition Appeal

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Submitted at 10:59 AM August 2, 2011

Friends of a mother-of-six facing extradition to the United States over drugs charges have told of her devastation at being separated from her 16-week-old son. Kerry Anne Howes was sent to Cornton Vale prison on Friday after judges rejected her appeal against extradition for allegedly exporting chemicals to make highly-addictive crystal meth. Friends of the 32-year-old said she was "completely distraught" after being separated from Kayden and the rest of her children after losing the court case, and prison staff placed her on suicide watch after she arrived at the jail. It was also revealed that US officials could arrive to transport Mrs. Howes and her husband and co-accused, Brian, 47, as early as today. The couple were arrested in January 2007 by police on behalf of the US Drug Enforcement Agency and have been battling extradition ever since. The pair, from Bo'ness, now face being sent to America within 28 days, although their lawyers may try to challenge the decision at the Supreme Court in London or in Europe. A friend of the family, who asked not to be named, said she was caring for the six children after Friday's court decision. She said: "I've spoken to Kerry Anne twice every day by phone since Friday. She's completely distraught about being separated from her kids. Other mothers at

Cornton Vale are allowed to care for babies but Kerry Anne is not allowed. "Kerry Anne's been told the Americans could come for them as early as today, although her lawyer is planning to challenge that. "Kerry Anne was put on suicide watch when she got to Cornton Vale. I don't think she will do anything right now, but she's in a bad way. "I'm looking after their kids. The older ones are distraught but the younger ones don't understand what's going on." The friend is caring for girls Denni, 13, Bethany, 12, Ellie, eight, Leela, five, Cassidy, two, and first boy Kayden. She added: "I've also spoken to Brian and he's calling on Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to intervene and allow Kerry Anne to get bail. Brian wants to go to the US to clear his name but he wants to know his wife is here in Scotland to look after the kids." It is understood Mrs Howes could still be reunited with baby Kayden at Cornton Vale if the move is decided to be in the best interests of the child. A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said it didn't comment on individual cases. The couple ran a legal chemical business - Lab Chemicals International - until targeted by undercover agents posing as buyers after a tip-off by one American citizen. They accused the couple of selling iodine and red phosphorus in the

knowledge they would be used to manufacture crystal meth. The couple maintain they were simply selling chemicals to be used in amateur pyrotechnics. If convicted in the US, the couple face up to 20 years in jail. At a hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in April 2008, Sheriff Isabella McColl approved moves to extradite the pair. A month later, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill signed the extradition order. Following the latest call for Mr MacAskill to intervene in the case, a Scottish Government spokesman said: "The decision whether or not to grant bail or to remand Mrs Howes was a matter for the court to decide." This article was written by Alan McEwen and published by The Scotsman on August 2, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

Israel to Extradite Bosnian Serb

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

in May and extradited to The Hague. Bosnian Serb wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic, arrested in 2008, is also on trial for Srebrenica and the Serb siege of Sarajevo. Both men deny wrongdoing. Cvetkovic's unprecedented case has piqued interest in Israel, with its founding memories of the Holocaust and more recent proPalestinian efforts to prosecute its military commanders for alleged war crimes in the West Bank and Gaza. Cvetkovic's marriage to a Jewish woman, with whom he has children, helped him secure Israeli citizenship. The Bosnian state prosecutor's office, citing testimony from other Serb soldiers, said he was believed to have taken part in shooting more than 800 Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica. According to evidence cited in the Jerusalem District Court's 56-page ruling, Cvetkovic had "said that this execution is proceeding slowly and that they should also start to use the M-84 machine gun," a suggestion taken up by his comrades. The Jerusalem District Court conditioned his extradition on assurances by Sarajevo regarding incarceration standards there. This article was published by Haaretz.com on August 2, 2011. To find additional global criminal news, please read The Global Criminal Defense Daily. Douglas McNabb and other members of the U.S. law firm practice and write extensively on matters involving Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN List Removal. The author of this blog is Douglas McNabb. Please feel free to contact him directly at mcnabb@mcnabbassociates.com or at one of the offices listed above.

over Srebrenica Massacre

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Submitted at 3:06 PM August 2, 2011

Cvetkovic, a Bosnian Serb living in Israel since 2006 is wanted for allegedly taking part in the murder of some 8,000 Muslim Men and boys during the 1992-95 civil war in the Balkans. The Jerusalem District Court ruled Monday that an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia could be extradited to Bosnia to face genocide charges for involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Aleksandar Cvetkovic, a Bosnian Serb living in Israel since 2006, was arrested in January on an international warrant issued over testimony he helped shoot some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Europe's worst atrocity since World War II. Cvetkovic says that while he served as an army driver when Srebrenica, formerly a U.N.protected zone, fell to the Serbs during the 1992-95 civil war, he is innocent of the slaughter. He has 30 days in which to try to appeal against the district court's decision to the Supreme Court. "One of our major arguments was that the genocidal intent was not made out in his case," said Nick Kaufman, one of Cvetkovic's lawyers. "We have to learn the judge's decision and see whether or not an appeal is justified here." Cvetkovic would be extradited to a court in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, set up in 2005 to relieve the burden on the Hague-based U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The two courts have prosecuted dozens of Bosnian Serbs over Srebrenica. Among these is former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, who was arrested by Serbia