Mohameds move to CCJ after losing Appeal Court bid to halt US extradition

Businessmen Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed have escalated their legal battle to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), just days after suffering a setback at the Court of Appeal of Guyana in their ongoing fight to block extradition to the United States.

The move to the region’s highest court follows a recent ruling by the Appeal Court, which refused to grant a stay of the extradition proceedings currently underway at the Magistrates’ Court, allowing the case to continue despite the Mohameds’ legal challenge.

Their appeal itself stems from an earlier High Court decision in February, where acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh dismissed their attempt to quash the “Authority to Proceed” issued by Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond, a key step that triggered the extradition process.

With those challenges failing locally, the father-and-son duo has now filed proceedings at the CCJ, where a Case Management Conference is scheduled for March 25 to determine how the appeal will move forward.

The Mohameds are currently the subject of a US extradition request after being indicted by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida on multiple criminal charges, including money laundering, wire fraud, tax evasion, and bribery.

US authorities allege that the charges are linked to a large-scale scheme involving the export of gold, with claims that the businessmen used fraudulent declarations and other means to evade tens of millions of dollars in taxes and royalties.

The extradition proceedings were initiated in Guyana following their arrest in October 2025, after local authorities acted on the US request.

Since then, the Mohameds have mounted a series of legal challenges in the local courts, arguing, among other things, that the process is unconstitutional and politically motivated.

However, those efforts have so far failed to halt the proceedings, with both the High Court and Court of Appeal declining to block the case from advancing.

Their latest move to the CCJ now places the matter before the country’s final appellate court, where the outcome could determine whether the extradition process continues or faces further delay.