Fugitive Brazilian
banker Henrique Pizzolato is set to be extradited to Brazil from
Italy on Friday, Brazilian media reported on Tuesday.
Brazilian federal police officials have already arrived in
Rome for Pizzolato's handover, according to local press.
Pizzolato, marketing director of Banco do Brazil, has been
sentenced in Brazil to 12 years and seven months in prison in a
political bribery case.
He fled to Italy, where he has citizenship, and was
arrested one year ago with a fake passport but released after a
lower court refused extradition requests, saying his safety was
not assured in a Brazilian jail. He was rearrested on the orders
of Italy's top Cassation Court in February.
Senator Carlo Giovanardi on Tuesday said that during a
meeting of the parliamentary justice commission he had
reaffirmed parliament's opposition to the extradition.
He reminded Deputy Justice Minister Enrico Costa that by
allowing the extradition, the government "was taking on a
serious responsibility because criminal proceedings against
Pizzolato are already underway in Italy".
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