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Italian Prosecutors Endorse Extraditing Carla Zambelli, Find No Human-Rights Risk

Italian courts will now weigh the prosecutorial opinion before ruling on Brazil’s request.

Overview

  • Italy’s Public Prosecutor told the courts that Zambelli’s extradition complies with Italian procedural law and the Brazil–Italy treaty.
  • The opinion rejects the defense’s claims of political persecution and of curtailed defense in Brazil, citing consistent documentary and phone evidence.
  • The Corte di Cassazione on October 8 refused a bid for house arrest, so Zambelli remains jailed until a final extradition decision.
  • She has been held in the Rebibbia prison complex after the Rome Court of Appeal deemed her a serious flight risk.
  • Zambelli was unanimously convicted by Brazil’s Supreme Court to 10 years in prison, a R$2 million fine, and loss of her mandate for ordering the CNJ system hack via Walter Delgatti Neto.