Sweden took formal steps toward requesting the extradition of Julian Assange, in what is likely to be a protracted battle to bring the hacker to trial
The public prosecutor’s office on Monday applied to a local Swedish court requesting it detain Mr. Assange in his absence—a precursor to issuing a warrant for his arrest overseas—after reopening a rape investigation into him last week.
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