The Austrian court refused to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash to the USA, where he is accused of corruption schemes related to bribes for titanium mining in India.
Details: According to the publication, the Vienna Regional Court made its decision on November 7, but announced it only on the evening of December 4. The decision was the result of a lengthy trial to extradite Firtash to the United States, where he is accused of conspiring to pay bribes in India to obtain rights to mine titanium, which is used in the production of jet engines.
The publication notes that the prosecutor’s office plans to file an appeal by December 16.
