The Terraform Labs co-founder has been in Montenegro since his arrest in 2023, potentially facing extradition to either his native South Korea or the United States.
Montenegro’s Supreme Court has reportedly postponed Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon’s extradition after upholding a ruling suggesting he would be removed to South Korea.
According to an Aug. 8 report from Montenegrin news outlet Vijesti, the country’s Supreme Court granted prosecutors’ request to delay Kwon’s extradition to South Korea until the court could rule on a matter concerning the protection of legality. Prosecutors filed the motion on Aug. 2 after an appellate court upheld a previous ruling allowing the Terraform co-founder’s extradition.
After Terraform collapsed in 2022, Kwon’s whereabouts were largely unknown, though he remained active on social media. Montenegrin authorities arrested him in March 2023 for using falsified travel documents while attempting to leave the country.
