Even as war rages in his Ukraine homeland, U.S. prosecutors want the next stop for oligarch Dmitry Firtash to be Chicago. Authorities have been trying to get the mega-wealthy industrialist to Chicago for more than eight years to face charges of racketeering involving bribes of government officials in India. Now, a new decision from a European court could bring Firtash's extradition to Chicago one step closer.
Firtash's extradition to Chicago-typically a routine matter between friendly nations-was caught in a sticky web of foreign court motions and lengthy deliberations-with Firtash unable to leave Austria. Now, after years of waiting, an Austrian court has denied Firtash's request for a new hearing. READ MORE: Lawyer for Dmitri Firtash calls US bribe plot charges for deal that never happened 'the big mystery'