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Mohameds’ extradition case stalls again
…as Prosecution admits key U.S. documents still missing
(Kaieteur News) – The extradition proceedings involving businessman Nazir “Shell” Mohamed and his son, Azruddin Mohamed, continued Monday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman.
During the hearing where full disclosure was expected from the prosecution, defence attorneys raised concerns after it was revealed that not all required documents had been submitted and argued that the documents submitted were not properly processed by the US diplomatic channels. Prosecutors informed the court that they had provided additional materials, including diplomatic notes and U.S. warrants, similar to those previously tendered in earlier sessions.
Nazar Mohamed and his son Azruddin, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
However, Special Jamaican Prosecutor Terrence Williams told the court that the remaining documents and evidence intended to support the U.S. extradition request were not yet available. He explained that these documents were still being processed through diplomatic channels and therefore could not be submitted at this time. As a result, the prosecution requested a further extension to complete full disclosure.
Defence attorneys Roysdale Forde, SC, and Siand Dhurjon raised concerns, stating that the documents already presented were not properly processed and insisted that all materials intended for use in the matter be provided to the defence by the next hearing. Prosecutors maintained that the documents submitted thus far had been processed by U.S. authorities, and assured the court that the remaining documents will undergo the same procedure.
After hearing both sides, Magistrate Latchman ordered the prosecution to provide full disclosure by Friday, November 28, ahead of the next court date.
Outside the courtroom, attorney Dhurjon told reporters that this was the third hearing in which the prosecution had failed to produce all the documents they intended to rely on for extradition. He noted that while the defence was willing to allow an extension until Friday, it was essential that they receive every document the prosecution plans to use. “That is important because all of these things need to be established before the court of law, before any lawful extradition order can be made,” he said.
Addressing broader constitutional issues being developed by the defence, Dhurjon said the legal team is working diligently to refine these arguments and will deploy them at the appropriate stage, once all disclosures are reviewed. “We are working assiduously on building on those points on each passing day we are waiting on the appropriate time to deploy them at present now , it will be premature to deploy them but new issues may be identified in these new documents,” Dhurjon said.
Attorney Forde added that the existing constitutional framework requires the matter to be referred to the High Court stating, “We maintain that the constitutional arrangements that currently exists would require that this matter be referred to the high court for determination on a number of major constitution issues which we will be aggressing shortly.”
He further stated that, in his view, no evidence presented thus far meets the legal threshold required for extradition. “I have not seen anything in my opinion that is required by law which would indicate up to now that there is any degree of efficiency of evidence,” Ford alleged.
Meanwhile, Prosecutor Williams, speaking briefly with reporters, said his team is working to provide the defence with their documents “as early as possible.”
On October 30, 2025, the U.S. government formally requested the extradition of the father-and-son duo under the extradition treaty between Guyana and the United Kingdom, which remains in force in Guyana under Section 4(1)(a) of the Fugitives Offenders Act, Cap. 10:04, as amended by Act No. 10 of 2024.
The two are facing multiple U.S. charges unsealed on October 6, 2025, by a Southern District of Florida Grand Jury. The indictment includes allegations of wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and customs-related violations in connection with an alleged US$50 million gold export and tax evasion scheme.
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