Extradition proceedings will continue against a mafia fugitive who was captured on the Island of Malta after almost six years of running from a murder rap,reports Independent.com
Magistrate Aaron Bugeja ruled today that despite errors in the description of some of the crimes committed by Sebastiano Brunno , a reputed Sicilian mafia boss , the extradition proceedings as a whole are still valid.
Brunno is subject to an extradition request over a mafia-related murder. Yesterday, his lawyers argued that this request should be nullified, since it was based on a sentence that has been cancelled.
Mr Brunno was arrested last month in a joint operation involving Maltese and Sicilian police. He was living in hiding in a St Paul’s Bay apartment, using a false Italian ID that identified him as a 49-year-old man from Palermo.
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