EU – Baltic States, Latvia, Legislation, Technology, USA

The decision was made by the ECHR on December 15.

The ECHR ruled this past July that Latvian cyber-crimes suspect Deniss Calovskis cannot be extradited to the United States yet, and indicated to the Latvian government not to expel Calovskis until the judgment became final or until the Court took a further decision on this matter, which has finally been made.

Calovskis' legal team later appealed the ECHR ruling.

This means that it is likely that the final hurdle for Calovskis' extradition to the U.S. has been lifted.

LETA also reported, the government decided in August of 2013 to extradite Calovskis to the United States, however his attorneys turned to the ECHR, claiming that the extradition be put on hold until Calovskis' case is reviewed by court, and the ECHR halted the extradition process.

U.S. law enforcement institutions have brought charges against three alleged East European cyber thieves accused of stealing banking information from computers across Europe and the United States, including Calovskis.