DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2002�
Costa Rica says Poland seeks extradition of alleged Nazi
Fri Nov 21 2003 19:52:44 ET
Efforts to extradite a Ukranian-born man accused of killing Jews in Nazi-occupied territory advanced on Friday when Poland asked for his extradition, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar said.
Tovar said the Polish Embassy presented the extradition request for Bodan Kosic, 80, who had been kicked out of the United States. He is accused of participating in crimes against humanity. Some legal documents and reports spell his first name as Bohdan and his last name as Koziy.
A court order in 2001 to expel Kosic was frustrated because no country would take him.
The New York-based World Jewish Congress and the Jerusalem office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center have repeatedly urged Costa Rica to expel Kosic, saying he was part of a Ukrainian police unit that operated under Nazi orders from 1942-44.
He is accused of killing a 4-year-old Jewish child from a family named Singer and members of a family named Kandler in 1943.
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