The protection against extradition enjoyed by the nationals of a member state cannot, in principle, be extended to other EU citizens whose extradition is requested of that member state, said Advocate General Yves Bot in an opinion delivered on Tuesday 21 November (case C-191/16).
In 2010, Romano Pisciotti, an Italian national, was arrested by the German federal police at a German airport and extradited to the United States where he had been sentenced to two years in prison and fined $50,000....