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On March 15, 2021, a regional ECOWAS court in Nigeria ordered Cape Verde to free Saab and halt extradition proceedings, arguing that the authorities carried out the arrest before Interpol issued a Red Notice. The judge described Saab’s arrest as illegal and said he should be released and paid $200,000 for unlawful detention. But on March 17, 2021, Cape Verde’s Supreme Court ruled that Saab can be extradited to the United States to face money-laundering charges. Geraldo Almeida, one of the Cape Verde attorneys representing Saab in his fight against extradition, said his legal team would appeal the decision at the country’s Constitutional Court. The extradition is still pending. Full Text ->IndraStra
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