Sweden to extradite Auschwitz sign theft suspect

[pampango]

Source: BBC

A court in Stockholm has ruled that a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland to face trial over the theft of a sign from the Auschwitz death camp. Investigators accuse Anders Hogstrom, 34, of instigating the theft of the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign from the camp gates last December. Five Polish men have already been arrested over the theft.

The sign was recovered shortly afterwards, cut into three pieces.

Mr Hogstrom, a former neo-Nazi leader, denies the claims and is likely to appeal, his lawyer said. Mr Hogstrom helped found the far-right National Socialist Front in 1994, but later left the organisation.

The Stockholm district court said Mr Hogstrom could be extradited, on the condition that, if convicted, he would serve any prison sentence in Sweden, a demand Polish prosecutors have agreed to.




Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8562445.stm