Spain Finds Former Director of UNOPS Extraditable to the U.S. for Corruption

On October 21, 2025, the National High Court of Spain found Ukrainian Vitaly Vanshelboim, former director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), extraditable to the United States (U.S.) on accusations of accepting bribes in exchange for diverting close to $60 million in grants connected with a British businessman.