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Colombian Wants Fugitive Status Lifted In $350M Bribery Case
Law360, Miami (March 15, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT) A Colombian businessman sought Monday to shake off his official fugitive status over charges that he used U.S. banks to launder funds for a $350 million bribery scheme in Venezuela, but prosecutors told a Miami federal judge that he fits the guidelines and rebutted his arguments of diplomatic immunity.
Counsel for Alex Nain Saab Moran, who is currently in custody in the Cape Verde Islands while fighting extradition to the United States, urged Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to vacate his August 2019 order designating Saab as a fugitive and.
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The U.S. government asked Cabo Verde to extradite Alex Saab to America to face charges of financial crimes.
The Venezuelan government has appointed Alex Saab, a man being detained in Cabo Verde and who faces extradition to the U.S., as its ambassador to the African Union (AU).
Mr Saab has been in detention in the West African nation of Cabo Verde since June, having become entwined in the feud between Venezuela and the United States of America.
He was arrested in Cabo Verde in June when his private jet had a stopover in the West African nation while on an alleged humanitarian Special Mission to Iran on behalf of the government of Venezuela.
Venezuela appoints businessman detained in Cabo Verde as ambassador to African Union
The U.S. government asked Cabo Verde to extradite Alex Saab to America to face charges of financial crimes.
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The Venezuelan government has appointed Alex Saab, a man being detained in Cabo Verde and who faces extradition to the U.S., as its ambassador to the African Union (AU).
Mr Saab has been in detention in the West African nation of Cabo Verde since June, having become entwined in the feud between Venezuela and the United States of America.
He was arrested in Cabo Verde in June when his private jet had a stopover in the West African nation while on an alleged humanitarian Special Mission to Iran on behalf of the government of Venezuela.
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