Australia’s attorney general approved the extradition of a former U.S. Marine Corps pilot on Dec. 23 to face criminal charges in the United States for allegedly helping train Chinese military pilots.
U.S. federal prosecutors filed charges against Marine aviation veteran Daniel Duggan in 2017. Australian authorities arrested him in October 2022 and he has fought U.S. extradition efforts since then.
In May, a Syndey-based magistrate judge ruled that Duggan could be extradited to the United States to face charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Duggan appealed the decision to Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus. On Monday, Dreyfus concluded the extradition could proceed….