Overview
- Italian appellate judges authorized on Thursday a new extradition for Zambelli tied to her 5-year-3-month sentence for the 2022 incident where she chased a man with a gun in São Paulo.
- A separate ruling on March 26 cleared extradition in the case over the CNJ court system breach, for which she received a 10-year sentence.
- In the March decision, judges said the crimes match offenses under Italian law and do not count as political acts.
- Both authorizations remain open to appeal before the Court of Cassation, and Italy’s justice minister will make the final transfer decision.
- Zambelli, a dual Brazilian–Italian citizen who left Brazil in mid-2025, has been held at Rome’s Rebibbia prison since July 2025, and one upheld case would be enough to send her back under the Brazil–Italy treaty despite her claims of political persecution and concerns about Brazilian prison conditions.