Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko has announced Ukraine has extradited Italian fugitive Giuseppe Donaldo Nicosia, the mastermind of one of the most sophisticated money laundering schemes in the history of the Italian Republic.
Ukrainian national guardsman Vitaliy Markiv earlier detained by Italian authorities is suspected of the premeditated murder of an Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli, according to Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin, Espreso.TV reports.
Ukraine's Consulate General in Milan has filed a claim at the court of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, requesting information on the grounds and circumstances of the detention of Ukrainian guardsman Vitaliy Markiv, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Directorate General for Consular Service.
Ukrainian serviceman Vitaliy Markiv, who is suspect of killing Italian photojournalist Andrea Rocchelli near the town of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, in May 2014, was arrested in Italy, according to Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin.