FILE PHOTO: Former Venezuela's Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters at an undisclosed location, December 20, 2019. Picture taken December 20, 2019. REUTERS
CARACAS (Reuters) - An Italian court on Wednesday approved an extradition request for Venezuela's former Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who is charged with corruption, Venezuelan state television said.
Authorities in the South American country had sought an Interpol red notice - a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person - for Ramirez in 2018 and requested his extradition to Italy last year https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-corruption-italy/venezuela-supreme-court-approves-extradition-request-to-italy-for-ex-oil-czar-idUSKCN24W2V5 in connection with embezzlement charges.
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