Overview

• Daniel Duggan, a former US Marine and naturalized Australian citizen, is accused of illegally training Chinese military pilots in South Africa between 2010 and 2012.
• Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus approved Duggan's extradition to the United States, concluding a two-year legal battle by Duggan to avoid extradition.
• Duggan, who renounced his US citizenship and has lived in Australia since 2005, has been held in a maximum-security prison since his arrest in October 2022.
• The charges against Duggan include arms trafficking violations, with prosecutors alleging he received payments totaling approximately $61,000 for his services.
• If convicted in the United States, Duggan could face up to 60 years in prison; he denies all allegations and his family has called the extradition decision inhumane and politically motivated.