Extradition proceedings against a Maltese man wanted by Italian authorities to face drug trafficking charges have faltered on account of “incomplete” documentary information presented by the prosecution. Judgment was delivered on Thursday morning against John Spiteri, a 56-year-old suspected drug trafficker from Qrendi, who was arrested and arraigned earlier in June after being targeted by a European Arrest Warrant. An alert on the Schengen Information System had originally been flagged on December 15 upon a request by the Tribunale di Catania, Sezione del Giudice per le Indagini Preliminari. That alert followed a European Arrest Warrant issued four days before by the same Italian authority against Spiteri, who is wanted in Sicily to face charges of conspiracy linked to a major trans-European drug trafficking operation. Following his arraignment on June 11, Spiteri was remanded in custody where he remained while his extradition hearing continued, reaching judgment stage on Thursday. When delivering judgment, the court, presided over by magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech, observed that one of the necessary documents was the certificate issued by the Attorney General. In this...