An Italian court docket has ordered a brand new extradition listening to for Dave Turmel, who had been Canada’s most-wanted fugitive till his 2025 arrest.
Turmel’s lawyer, Danièle Roy, says her consumer efficiently appealed an extradition order to Canada.
Roy says Turmel will stay detained inside Rome’s Regina Coeli jail whereas extradition proceedings proceed.
A view from the above of the Regina Coeli jail.
(AP Photograph/Andrew Medichini)
Turmel is accused of being a key determine within the Blood Household Mafia, a Quebec legal community that led a violent drug trafficking turf conflict in Quebec Metropolis and jap Quebec towards the Hells Angels.
He was arrested in Italy in 2025 after greater than 600 days on the run, following a tip from Quebec Metropolis police to Italian authorities.
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The Bolo program, operated by a Canadian charity in partnership with Canada’s police forces, had listed Turmel as its No. 1 most wished legal.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Might 12, 2026.
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