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FBI Europe Arrests & Extraditions
European FBI-linked arrests and extraditions extracted from official U.S. Department of Justice reports.
SOURCE-LINKED COVERAGE—U.S. Department of Justice — Southern District of New York·See the cited source for current information
Source notice: A keyword appearing in DOJ search results does not prove that an arrest occurred in that region. Locations and statuses below follow the linked release. DOJ pages often publish no defendant portrait, so an official FBI reference image is used and clearly labeled rather than inventing a person’s appearance. Charges remain allegations unless a linked disposition says otherwise.
Extradited from Montenegro2 January 2025
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Do Kwon
DOJ announced Do Kwon’s extradition from Montenegro to the United States to face federal fraud charges connected with the collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies.
Arrested in Estonia9 May 2019
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Five Estonian residents
The DOJ search identifies five Estonian residents arrested over an alleged conspiracy to import carfentanil and fentanyl into the United States.
Extradited from the Netherlands7 October 2021
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Napoleon Grier
SDNY announced Napoleon Grier’s extradition from the Netherlands to face federal fraud charges in Manhattan.
Extradited3 May 2024
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Two British citizens in co-working investment case
Two extradited British citizens later pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud investors through a purported co-working-space business.