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A Russian businessman was arrested in Italy, but the court arrested him under house arrest
Eventually, after four months, he escaped to Moscow … WSJ “Possibility of punishing judges”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Seong-jo = Criticism of the Italian judiciary over the case of a businessman arrested in Italy on charges of selling American military technology to Russia fled to avoid the extradition of American recruits, criticizing the Italian judiciary for allowing him to placed under house arrest The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 31st of last month (local time) that he was coming out.
The protagonist of this case is Artem Us (41), a Russian national entrepreneur. As the son of Alexander Us, an aide to President Vladimir Putin, he was an exporter and importer, and his business ranged from petroleum to semiconductors.
US investigative authorities found allegations that Wooth used a German trading company to smuggle Venezuelan oil and sell sensitive US technology to Russia early last year.
Among the American technologies transferred to Russia by Uss were microchips used in ballistic missiles, fighter jets and smart bullets. These chips were also found on Ukrainian battlefields.
The United States put Usu and his son on a sanctions list last year for allegedly engaging in “harmful foreign activities” by the Russian government. At the time of his arrest, he was on his way to Istanbul, Turkey, which he usually takes as a stopover on his way to Moscow.
Usu was held in a detention center in the suburbs of Milan, and the US asked the Italian Ministry of Justice and the courts to remain in custody, saying there was a “clear and significant risk of flight”.
Italian authorities approved Ous’ extradition. Had he been tried in the United States as he was, he could have been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison.
However, on November 25, the collegial panel made up of three judges from the Milan court accepts Uth’s request to change to house arrest. The prosecutors did not object.
The US embassy in Rome responded immediately by sending a letter to the Italian Ministry of Justice. It is said that among the suspected criminals for whom the United States has requested extradition to Italy, six have escaped house arrest in the last three years alone. The United States also claimed that it had already become a ‘custom’ in Italy for a wanted person to flee after being arrested.
Woos, who had repeatedly said he did not want to go to the United States, cut off his electronic ankle and fled to Moscow around March 22 this year, as expected. He is said to have evaded Italian police with the help of several pre-arranged cars and a gang that included a Serbian criminal gang.
“I am in Russia! I have had strong and reliable people by my side in the last few days, which have been particularly dramatic,” Uss told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti on April 4. “Italian courts, and which in their opinion was fair, showed a clear political bias,” he said. “Unfortunately, they were ready to give in to American pressure.”
The WSJ explained that the incident not only created friction between the United States and Italy, but also threw cold water on Italy’s efforts to become a reliable member of the Western bloc against Russia in the face of the war in the Ukraine.
It has become a painful thing for the United States as well. This is because the swap target to take out two Americans, including WSJ journalist Evan Gersikovic, who is being held by Russia on espionage charges, has disappeared.
As the controversy escalated, the Italian government froze domestic assets owned by Us.
Italian Prime Minister Giorza Meloni said it was “certainly unusual” and that “(the judges) allowed house arrest for dubious reasons and to maintain it even after the extradition decision was made.”
Italy’s Attorney General, Carlo Nordio, said there was no way to re-imprison Uz, and initiated disciplinary proceedings against the three judges who decided to place him under house arrest. This is because there has been a serious and unacceptable dereliction of duty. The judges’ union pulled out a strike card, saying that it could not accept the Nordio Minister’s policy.
The WSJ predicted that the three judges involved in the decision were unlikely to be disciplined.
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