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Korea extradites online gambling ringleaders from UAE

A special interagency task force on transnational crime brought back two alleged overseas gambling bosses from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as authorities vowed broader international cooperation and asset recovery.

2026.7.4

Officers from the National Office of Investigation (NOI) under the Korean National Police Agency raid the home of a foreign hacker who stole more than 1.7 billion won ($1.18 million) worth of virtual assets by installing malware that secretly altered wallet addresses [NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY]

Foreign hacker who stole $1.18 million in crypto assets extradited to Korea

A foreign hacker who stole more than 1.7 billion won ($1.18 million) worth of virtual assets by installing malware that secretly altered wallet addresses has been extradited to Korea.

2025.12.28

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Drug trafficker Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar 'Fito' is guarded as he is moved in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on June 25. He arrived at the Guayaquil Air Base after being captured in the city of Manta, and will be held in the maximum security prison La Roca. [EPA/YONHAP]

Ecuador extradites leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang to the United States

Ecuador on Sunday extradited to the United States the leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang who relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business. Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year.

2025.7.21

A suspect, 39, who is accused of murdering a Korean tourist in Thailand, is extradited to Korea from Vietnam on Tuesday. The image shows the suspect being escorted by law enforcers at Incheon International Airport on the same day. [NEWS1]

Korean suspect in Thailand murder extradited from Vietnam after four months on the run

A suspect, who had been on the run for four months following the murder of a Korean tourist in Thailand in May, was extradited from Vietnam to Korea on Tuesday, the National Police Agency said.

2024.9.24

Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur, co-founder of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon, is taken to court in Podgorica on June 16, 2023, following his arrest on March 24 at the Montenegrin capital's international airport. [AFP/YONHAP]

Montenegro court confirms extradition of disgraced crypto mogul Do Kwon to Korea

An appeals court in Montenegro confirmed a ruling on Wednesday to extradite the failed crypto mogul Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, to Korea rather than the United States.

2024.3.21

Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur, who created the failed TerraUSD stablecoin, is taken to court in handcuffs, to face charges of forging official documents, in Podgorica, Montenegro, March 24, 2023. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Terra's Do Kwon to be extradited to Korea: Montenegro court

The failed crypto mogul Do Kwon will be extradited to Korea rather than the United States over the $40 billion collapse of the TerraUSD coin in 2022, said a Montenegrin high court on Thursday.

2024.3.8

Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur who created the failed Terra (UST) stablecoin, is taken to court in Podgorica, Montenegro, on March 24, 2023. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Montenegro plans to extradite crypto fraudster Do Kwon

Montenegro plans to extradite disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon to the United States to face criminal charges. Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, was arrested in March after the crash of TerraUSD and Luna.

2023.12.8

A Korean woman in her 40s, who is a suspect in the case of two children's bodies found inside suitcases in New Zealand in August, walks out of Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency on Sept. 15, 2022.[YONHAP]

'Suitcase' murder suspect extradited to New Zealand

Korea's Justice Ministry has extradited a woman to New Zealand after she was arrested in connection with the discovery of the bodies of her two children in suitcases earlier this year.

2022.11.29

Suspect in case of two children found in suitcases to be extradited to New Zealand

The Seoul High Court on Friday ruled in favor of extraditing a suspect to New Zealand, for her alleged role in the deaths of two children who were found dead in suitcases. The suspect, believed to be the mother of the two children, was arrested in...

2022.11.11

Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Jae-myung speaks at a party leadership campaign event at Jeonbuk National University in Jeonju, North Jeolla on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Arrest warrants issued for SBW group chairmen

Prosecutors on Tuesday obtained arrest warrants for the former and current chairmen of a minor conglomerate who are suspected of paying Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Lee Jae-Myung's legal fees when he was tried for violating election law in 2018.

2022.8.17