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Australian Federal Court Rejects Appeal, Clears Path for Daniel Duggan's Extradition to US
An Australian federal court rejected Daniel Duggan’s appeal against extradition to the United States on April 16, 2026. Duggan, accused of illegally training Chinese military pilots, has been held in Australia since 2022 and denies the charges. His legal team has 28 days to consider further appeals.
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U.S. Marines pilot, to the United States where he faces charges related to illegally training Chinese military pilots.
The court rejected arguments from his legal team that the alleged offenses were not illegal under Australian law at the time. U.S.
arms embargo and money laundering, connected to his work training Chinese pilots in South Africa. Duggan’s lawyers contended there was no evidence the pilots he trained were military personnel. U.S. as linked to the Chinese military.
Duggan returned to Australia shortly before his 2022 arrest after nearly a decade living in China as an aviation consultant. U.S. citizenship in 2016 at the Beijing embassy, seeking to backdate the renunciation to 2012.
U.S. charges.
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Duggan’s legal team has 28 days to decide whether to pursue another appeal.
