Re Costa

• Jurisdicción: Argentina
• Fecha: 17 Junio 1952
• Número de expediente: Case No. 82
• Emisor: Provincial Appellate Court (Argentina)

Argentina, Court of Second Instance, Buenos Aires.

Case No. 82

In re Costa.

Extradition — Conditions of — Principle of Speciality — The Law of Argentina.

Mariano Costa, an Italian national, appealed against an order made by the Court of first instance for his extradition to Italy on a charge of swindling (estafa agravada), pleading that under the terms of the Extradition Treaty of June 16, 1886, between Argentina and Italy, he could not be surrendered because swindling was not listed among the extraditable offences. The Treaty did list, however, the offence of fraud (estelionato). The Court of second instance found that the extradition request was in conformity with the provisions of the Treaty and the Argentine Code of Criminal...