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Inspector Omar Zammit took the witness stand. The prosecution was asked to justify the arrest. "We are contesting the local arrest warrant issued by Magistrate Frendo Dimech on the strength of the Extradition Act.We have no way of knowing what was done in America. The passports - Italian and American - were exhibited in court.ĭe Marco informed the court that the arrest warrant is being contested by the defence. After comparing the man's passports with the extradition request, the defence said that he was confirming his identity. The magistrate asked if the man confirmed his identity as the subject of the extradition request. He was arrested on Monday morning, the day after his arrival in Malta, after the US made an extradition request. Police Inspectors Omar Zammit and Robinson Mifsud explained that the man was wanted in the United States to answer charges of bribery, as well as conspiracy in fraud and money laundering. Magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace presided over Rafaraci's arraignment. He was flagged to the Maltese authorities by their US counterparts earlier this year when they found out that he was planning to fly to Malta for a short time period US authorities believe the man and his known associates then laundered illicit funds using shell companies, evading millions of dollars in US taxes. The man is also alleged to have paid a US government official tens of thousands of euros in cash bribes in exchange for insider information on upcoming navy contracts. The man had been suspected as a key player in a scheme that used falsified invoices and receipts for equipment and supplies provided to the US Navy.
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Lawyers Giannella De Marco, Stefano Filletti and Mark Refalo appeared for Frank Salvatore Rafaraci, a 68 year-old Italian-American man who is wanted by the American authorities to answer charges of having defrauded the United States Government out of some €50 million, amongst others. Lawyers for a man contesting his extradition to the US have successfully contested the validity of the arrest warrant issued in Malta, arguing that he is not indicted for an arrestable offence or unlawfully at large.