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Justice Department to resubmit a new extradition request for the Gupta brothers, Atul and Rajesh.
The Department of Justice and Correctional Services has given an update on extradition of the the Gupta brothers, Atul and Rajesh.
They have said that at this stage, the department is engaging with its counterparts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Atul and Rajesh Gupta are wanted in South Africa on charges including fraud and money laundering related to State Capture.
The UAE turned down South Africa’s request for the brothers’ extradition in April of this year, citing that it was “inconsistent with article 17 of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, to which both nations are signatories,” according to the department at the time.
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On Friday, the Justice Department said it has now been requested to resubmit a new extradition request.
“On 26 July 2023, the South African Embassy in Abu Dhabi forwarded a Note Verbale dated 25 July 2023, as received from the UAE Central Authority in which… South Africa is requested to urgently resubmit a new extradition request for the Gupta brothers.
“It is, however, our view that a new extradition request can only be submitted to the UAE once the questions raised in our Note Verbale dated 19 June 2023, have been sufficiently answered by the UAE
“On 18 and 28 August 2023, respectively the Minister and Director-General directed letters to their counterparts in the UAE stating South Africa’s position that despite the UAE’s invitation to submit a new extradition request, it remains necessary to first obtain clarity on the questions asked previously by the Central Authority of South Africa in order to assess the matter before a decision can be taken to submit a new extradition request,” the statement read.
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