Greece extradites Australian fugitive

Updated Saturday, May 17, 2008 0:00 am TWN, Reuters

Greece extradites Australian fugitive

ATHENS -- Greece on Friday extradited Australia’s most wanted fugitive, Tony Mokbel, to face a murder investigation and serve out a 12-year drugs sentence imposed by an Australian court. Police said two Australian police officers, accompanied by two Interpol officials, boarded a chartered plane with Mokbel which took off from Athens airport at 9 a.m.”Mokbel is on his way to Australia after every detail for his extradition was finalised,” a police official told Reuters.

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