{"id":333780,"date":"2026-05-13T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=333780"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:58:10","slug":"italian-court-orders-latest-extradition-hearing-for-dave-turmel-of-blood-family-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/italian-court-orders-latest-extradition-hearing-for-dave-turmel-of-blood-family-mafia\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian court orders latest extradition hearing for Dave Turmel of Blood Family Mafia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Charlotte Glorieux<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted May 12, 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who had been Canada\u2019s most-wanted fugitive until his 2025 arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Turmel\u2019s lawyer, Dani\u00e8le Roy, says her client successfully appealed an extradition order to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Roy says Turmel will remain detained inside Rome\u2019s Regina Coeli prison while extradition proceedings proceed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tA view from the above of the Regina Coeli prison.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t(AP Photo\/Andrew Medichini)\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Turmel is accused of being a key figure within the Blood Family Mafia, a\u00a0Quebec\u00a0criminal network that led a violent drug trafficking 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