Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan on Thursday appealed in an Australian court against extradition to the United States over alleged violations of U.S. arms control laws involving China , with his lawyer contending that his actions were not illegal under Australian law at the time.

In December 2024, Australia’s then attorney-general Mark Dreyfus approved a United States extradition request for Duggan, who faces U.S. charges, including that he trained Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers.

Duggan, 57, a naturalised Australian citizen, was arrested by Australian Federal Police in a rural town in the state of New South Wales in October 2022, shortly after returning from China, where he had lived since 2014.

Duggan appeared in the federal court in Canberra on Th

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