Piracy

Software piracy, Italia will extradite a Chinese citizen wanted by the US. Lawyers: family not notified

The man had been arrested in Malpensa in 2025 at Washington's request on charges of stealing scientific data on Covid

by Rome Editorial Staff

26 April 2026Aggiornato il 27 aprile 2026 alle ore 11,25

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The Italia government has decided to extradite a Chinese citizen searched by the US for hacking, according to sources close to the case on Sunday.

Premier Giorgia Meloni made the decision after an Italia court ruled this month that Xu Zewei could be extradited, sources told Bloomberg, who asked to remain anonymous.

The US Department of Justice had wanted Xu on charges of stealing Covid scientific data and hacking, claiming he had acted on orders from the Chinese government.

He was arrested in Italia in 2025 at Washington's request.

In recent days, the Ministry of Justice gave the go-ahead for the extradition procedure, which has already been executed.

Lawyers: family not even notified

"Following press reports which appeared last night, we contacted the Pavia prison this morning, which confirmed that Mr Xu Zewei had been handed over to the foreign authorities on 25 April 2026. Faced with an order that would appear to have been executed on 25 April, we note that as of today, 27 April, we have not received any notification, nor have we (or his family) been informed of Mr Xu's current whereabouts'. This was written in a note by lawyers Simona Candido and Enrico Giarda, who assist the Chinese engineer. "All the concerns we expressed in the course of the judgment are, unfortunately, punctually occurring."

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