Italy to extradite fugitive Brazilian banker
13 February 2015 |
2:17 pm
ITALY’S highest court has ruled that fugitive Brazilian banker Henrique Pizzolato should be extradited to Brazil. Pizzolato, who has dual Brazilian and Italian citizenship, had fled to Italy to avoid a 12-year jail sentence. He was sentenced for corruption and money-laundering as part of the Mensalao trial, one of Brazil's biggest political corruption scandals. Brazilian…
ITALY’S highest court has ruled that fugitive Brazilian banker Henrique Pizzolato should be extradited to Brazil.
Pizzolato, who has dual Brazilian and Italian citizenship, had fled to Italy to avoid a 12-year jail sentence.
He was sentenced for corruption and money-laundering as part of the Mensalao trial, one of Brazil’s biggest political corruption scandals.
Brazilian media said Interpol had issued an arrest warrant for Pizzolato.
Pizzolato was arrested in the small northern Italian town of Maranello in February 2014 for carrying a false passport.
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