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Judgement reserved in bid by world's "largest facilitator of child porn" to halt extradition
Summary
In a High Court hearing on 26 October 2017, a judge reserved judgement on a bid by Eric Eoin Marques, an Irish man described by the FBI as the world's largest facilitator of child pornography, to halt his extradition to the United States. Marques, 32, is alleged to have owned and managed the anonymous hosting site Freedom Hosting, which hosted over a hundred extremely violent and graphic child‑pornographic images. He has been in custody since his arrest in August 2013 and suffers from Asperger's Syndrome. His surrender was ordered by the High Court in December 2015, and a subsequent appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Marques has also pursued judicial review to stop his surrender, arguing that the Minister for Justice failed to consider the Director of Public Prosecutions' reasons for not prosecuting him in Ireland.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Judgement reserved in bid by world's "largest facilitator of child porn" to halt extradition. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- August 2013 Incident
- December 2015 Incident
- 2017-10-26 Publication
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