"Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan on Thursday appealed his extradition from Australia to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago. Duggan is accused of training Chinese military pilots while working as an instructor for the Test Flying Academy of South Africa in 2012. He appeared at the court in Canberra to file the appeal with his attorney after traveling 350 kilometers (218 miles) from a prison in Wellington, New South Wales state."
"A 2016 indictment from the U.S. District Court in Washington which was unsealed in late 2022, alleges Duggan conspired with others to provide training to Chinese military pilots in 2010 and 2012, and possibly other times, without applying for an appropriate license. Prosecutors allege Duggan received about nine payments totaling around 88,000 Australian dollars ($61,000) from another conspirator as well as travel to the U.S., South Africa and China for what was sometimes described as "personal development training.""
Daniel Duggan appealed extradition from Australia to the United States over allegations he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago. A 2016 U.S. indictment unsealed in late 2022 alleges he conspired to provide such training in 2010 and 2012 without the required export licenses. Prosecutors say he received about nine payments totaling roughly 88,000 Australian dollars and travel described as "personal development training" to the U.S., South Africa and China. Duggan denies the allegations, calls them political posturing, and has been held in maximum-security custody since his 2022 arrest at a supermarket near his family home.
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