Malian singer Rokia Traoré, arrested on June 21 in Italy following a conviction in Belgium in a case of non-representation of a child, will be handed over to Belgium, her lawyer announced on September 26, 2024.
Italian justice has just ruled: the Malian singer Rokia Traorewho was the subject of an international arrest warrant in a case of non-representation of a child, will be handed over to Belgium “ within ten days », announced his lawyer after a hearing before the Rome Court of Appeal this Thursday.
This is the end of a chase with justice that has lasted for almost 5 years. A relief for Jan Goossens, the singer’s ex-companion, whose lawyer reports that he hopes that, upon the singer’s arrival, ” he will be able to obtain constructive solutions for the well-being and in the interest of his daughter “.
In 2019, Belgian justice entrusted custody of the singer’s daughter to her father, in Belgium, with visiting rights. But, subsequently, the Malian justice system granted sole custody to his mother in Mali.
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Since then, an international arrest warrant had been issued against the Franco-Malian artist, by the Belgian courts, which, last year, had sentenced her by default to 2 years of imprisonment for non-representation of a child. .
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