So far, none of the Americans have actually served time for their convictions because they had returned to the United States long before Italian courts ruled against them in 2009. Since then, she has lived with her husband in Lisbon but has been bracing for Portuguese courts to issue an official decree to ship her to Italy. [Ex-CIA officer faces extradition from Portugal to Italy]She is being held at a facility in Porto, the country’s second-largest city. “If the Italian authorities don’t comply with these conditions, that’s a violation of the European arrest warrant,” her lawyer said. At the time of the kidnapping, De Sousa was registered as a State Department officer at the U.S. Consulate in Milan but technically worked as a CIA officer.

Source: Washington Post February 22, 2017 15:16 UTC