The Antitrust Division (Division) announced Monday that Maria
Christina "Meta" Ullings, a Dutch national and former
executive for Martinair Holland N.V., was extradited from Italy to
the United States after being apprehended by Italian authorities in
Sicily in July 2019.1 Ullings was indicted nearly 10
years ago as part of the Division's prosecution of a
price-fixing conspiracy in the air cargo industry. Ullings arrived
in the United States on 10 January and made her initial appearance
in U.S. District Court on 13 January. Ullings' extradition
represents the second time that a foreign national has been
extradited for solely criminal antitrust charges.
Over the last decade, the Division has increasingly flexed its
extradition powers. To successfully extradite a fugitive to the
United States for antitrust violations, there must be both an
existing extradition treaty and "dual criminality." In
most cases, the presence of an extradition treaty can be assumed as
the
