Australia has approved a request to extradite former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to the United States where he faces charges of money laundering and breaking U.S. arms control laws, the Attorney-General's Department said on Thursday.
Duggan, who was arrested in Australia in October and remains in custody, is accused of breaking U.S. arms control laws by training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, according to a 2017 indictment unsealed by a U.S. court in December.
Australia received an extradition request from the United States for Duggan on Dec. 9, said the Attorney-General's Department, and was required to make a decision by Dec. 25 as to whether to formally accept the extradition request.
