US EditionAustralian judge rejects US Marine pilot’s appeal against extradition to US
Justice James Stellios dismissed Duggan’s appeal, after prosecutors said he trained Chinese military pilots and breached U.S. arms-trafficking laws.
- On Thursday, the Federal Court of Australia dismissed an appeal by former United States Marine pilot Daniel Duggan, clearing the way for his extradition to face charges of illegally training Chinese military pilots.
- Arrested in 2022 at the request of the United States, Duggan faces allegations he breached arms-trafficking laws by training Chinese military pilots in South Africa between 2010 and 2012.
- Despite arguments that Australia lacked equivalent laws for the U.S. charges, then-Attorney General Mark Dreyfus approved the extradition in 2024; Duggan has spent 1,273 days in detention since arrest.
- Saffrine Duggan, the former pilot's wife, expressed disappointment and urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to intervene, stating: "We are very disappointed by this ruling and we will not give up."
- Duggan's legal team has 28 days to lodge another appeal against the Federal Court decision, while lawyers petition Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to reverse the extradition order.
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Former U.S. Marine pilot accused of training Chinese aviators loses extradition appeal in Australia
An Australian judge turned away an appeal by former U.S. Marine pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the U.S. over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago.
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US ex-Marine who trained Chinese pilots in SA loses extradition appeal
A former US Marines pilot lost an appeal on Thursday in an Australian court against his extradition to the United States, which has accused him of illegally training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers. Daniel Duggan, 57, has been held in prison since his arrest in a rural town in New South Wales state in 2022, shortly after he returned from living in China for close to a decade as an aviation consultant. Duggan has denied the U…
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