July 26, 2024

Italian court accepts extradition request for ex-oil minister

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An Italian court on Wednesday approved an extradition request for Venezuela’s former Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who is charged with corruption, Venezuelan state television said. Authorities in the South American country had sought an Interpol red notice – a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person – for Ramirez in 2018 and requested his extradition to Italy last year. Full Text -> KFGO

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