UND alum being extradited on sex trafficking and racketeering charges

Photo by: North Dakota University System
Photo by: North Dakota University System

(Grand Forks, ND) -- Former fashion mogul and University of North Dakota alumnus Peter Nygard is being extradited to the United States from Canada on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

Canada's minister of justice and attorney general David Lametti announced the extradition Tuesday on Twitter. Lametti says Nygard will be released to the Unites State authorities once criminal proceedings against him in Canada are completed.

Nygard has been indicted on nine counts of racketeering, sex trafficking, and related crimes involving dozens of victims in the U.S. and at least two other countries.

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