South African Supreme Court of Appeal

On March 16th, according to local reports, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) rejected the application of Riccardo Spagni, a former Monero developer, declaring his extradition from the United States to South Africa illegal. In its ruling, the Supreme Court of Appeal maintained that Spagni had not sufficiently demonstrated the invalidity of the extradition procedure. In its ruling, the court argued that Spagni had legal representation when voluntarily waiving his rights at the extradition hearing, and therefore he could not challenge the effectiveness of the extradition process. The Supreme Court of South Africa has declared it illegal to extradite developer Riccardo Spagni from the United States to South Africa Analysis based on this information:The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has rejected an application by Riccardo Spagni, a former Monero developer, to be extradited from the United States to South Africa. According to local reports, the court stated that Spagni had not sufficiently demonstrated the invalidity of…