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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 2770 (Admin)
Case No: AC-2023-LON-001835
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 29/10/2025
Before :
MR JUSTICE FOXTON
Between :
IULIAN BERARU | Appellant |
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BUCHAREST COURT – FIRST CRIMINAL DIVISION ROMANIA | Respondent |
Georgia Beatty (instructed by Sperrin Law) for the Appellant
Hannah Burton (instructed by CPS) for the Respondent
Hearing dates: 22 October 2025
Draft to parties: 23 October 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.00am on Wednesday 29 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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Mr Justice Foxton :
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- Section 1
- The Warrant
- The procedural history
- The Correct Test on an Appeal
- Ground 1: the dual criminality ground of appeal
- The application of those principles in this case
- Conspiracy to obtain financial gain by controlling prostitution
- Conspiracy to traffic human being for the purposes of sexual exploitation
- Conspiracy to facilitate the use of criminal property
- Intentionally encouraging or assisting the trafficking of human beings for the purposes of sexual exploitation
- The application to amend to advance proposed Grounds 2 and 3
- Ground 2: extradition would be disproportionate
- Ground 3: is the continued pursuit of the Warrant an abuse of process?
- Conclusions