Overview

• Zambelli was arrested in Rome on July 29 under an Interpol Red Notice after Brazil condemned her to ten years in prison for hacking the National Council of Justice’s computer system.
• Italian courts must decide within 48 hours whether to extradite her under a 1989 bilateral treaty, release her, or impose house arrest.
• Brazil’s Supreme Court transmitted a formal extradition request on June 11, signed by Justice Alexandre de Moraes and delivered via the Brazilian embassy in Rome.
• The deputy fled Brazil in late May, crossing into Argentina and stopping briefly in the United States before arriving in Italy on June 5, where she initially passed border controls without detention.
• Zambelli invokes her dual citizenship in claiming political persecution and lawfare, while Italian authorities review the extradition dossier and constitutional protections against political offences.