Has Brittney Griner faced any legal issues in Europe since 2022?

1. The arrest that started the legal saga — vape cartridges at a Moscow airport

Griner was detained at Sheremetyevo airport on February 17, 2022 when authorities said vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage; Russian prosecutors charged her with possession and smuggling of drugs, an offense that carries heavy sentences under Russian law ^{[1] [5] [4]}.

2. The Russian court process: guilty plea, sentence, and denied appeal

Griner pled guilty at a trial that began in July 2022 and told the court she did not intend to break the law; on August 4, 2022 she was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony, and in October 2022 a Russian court rejected her appeal against that sentence ^{[1] [6] [2]}.

3. Detention conditions and transfer to a penal colony

Reporting documents that in November 2022 Griner was transferred from pretrial detention to the IK-2 penal colony, a move her representatives and U.S. officials described as worsening her legal and custodial situation and prompted consular concerns ^{[1] [3]}.

4. U.S. government designation and negotiations

In May 2022 the U.S. State Department designated Griner as “wrongfully detained,” moving the case to its hostage affairs office and effectively framing subsequent interactions as diplomatic negotiations; commentators and negotiators later discussed a possible prisoner swap tied to other high-profile detainees ^{[7] [8]}.

5. What the sources say (and do not say) about other European legal troubles

All provided reporting and reference entries focus on Griner’s arrest, trial, sentencing, appeal and incarceration in Russia; none of the sources document any separate or additional legal issues involving Griner in other European countries after 2022. Therefore, available sources do not mention legal problems in Europe beyond the Russian case ^{[1] [6] [3] [2] [4]}.

6. Competing interpretations and political context

There are two competing framings in the coverage: Russian authorities treated the case as a routine criminal prosecution for drug smuggling/possession (resulting in conviction and sentence) while U.S. officials and some analysts portrayed the detention as wrongful and politically charged amid rising U.S.–Russia tensions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the U.S. designation as “wrongfully detained” shifted the matter toward diplomatic negotiation rather than a purely legal remedy ^{[6] [7] [8]}.

7. Limits of the record and how to read gaps

The available documents are consistent about dates, charges and outcomes for the Russian proceedings, but they do not extend beyond that context. If you are asking specifically about “Europe” as a continent outside Russia, the reporting provided contains no evidence Griner faced other prosecutions, arrests, or legal actions in European countries after 2022; say again: available sources do not mention such cases ^{[1] [4]}.

8. Practical takeaway for your question

Based on the supplied reporting, Brittney Griner’s only documented legal issues in Europe since 2022 are the arrest, trial, conviction, appeal and incarceration in Russia; the publicly cited records here do not show additional legal problems in other European jurisdictions ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

If you want, I can search for more recent or broader coverage beyond these sources to confirm whether any developments occurred after the dates in these documents.