Extradition Lawyer in Turin: Corte d'appello di Torino and the Local Procedure

After arrest, identify the legal instrument, contact defence counsel, request an interpreter if needed and record the exact time. This page covers Turin routing and access; nationwide procedure and refusal grounds are covered in the Italy extradition guide and challenge guide.

Which Turin court and prosecutor handle the case?

The Corte d’appello di Torino sits at Palazzo di Giustizia, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 130. Its 2025 Service Charter lists ten districts (circondari): Alessandria, Aosta, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Ivrea, Novara, Torino, Verbania and Vercelli.

For a full traditional request, Article 701(4) first points to the district where the person resides, stays or is domiciled when the request reaches the Minister; it may instead point to the court that ordered Article 715 provisional measures or whose president validated an Article 716 arrest. If no court can be identified, Rome is competent. An urgent Article 716 arrest goes to the district where it occurred; an EAW arrest under Law No. 69/2005 Article 11 goes to the district where the warrant was executed. The arrest record and actual request—not the city name alone—must be checked.

The Procura Generale della Repubblica presso la Corte d’Appello di Torino publishes an Ufficio Estradizioni (Extradition Office) that handles active and passive extradition, liaises with the Court of Appeal and coordinates directly with the Ministry of Justice’s international-cooperation office. The prosecutor’s office coordinates the file; the court decides judicial issues.

The 2025 Charter lists five penal sections and six centralised offices. The Ufficio Ricorsi per Cassazione is on the fifth floor, staircase B, open Monday–Saturday, 08:30–12:30. It lists registry, electronic-portal and certified-email filing routes; confirm the current method.

What happens after an arrest in Turin or at Caselle?

For traditional extradition, Article 716 governs urgent police arrest on a provisional-arrest request. Police must notify the Minister immediately and, as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours after arrest, place the person at the disposal of the president of the Court of Appeal for the arrest district by transmitting the arrest record. Unless release is ordered, the president has the following 48 hours to validate the arrest and may impose a coercive measure.

One important qualification: in judgment no. 16482, deposited on 7 May 2026, the Court of Cassation held that when a state with no extradition treaty with Italy seeks extradition for prosecution for an offence punishable by death, police cannot make a provisional extradition arrest if the material available to them does not refer to the possibility of excluding the death penalty in the specific case. If these conditions may apply, counsel should check the actual request, supporting papers and treaty position immediately; this is a fact-specific limit, not a general bar to provisional arrest.

These are separate periods, not a deadline for deciding extradition on the merits. The measure is revoked if the Minister does not request its continuation within ten days after validation (Article 716(4)). Under the separate Article 715 route, provisional measures must be revoked if the formal request and documents do not reach the ministries within 40 days after the Minister communicates the measure to the requesting state.

For an EAW arrest under Article 11 of Law No. 69/2005, the Court of Appeal for the district where the warrant was executed is competent. Police must place the arrested person at the disposal of that court’s president and transmit the record immediately, and in any event within 24 hours, while notifying the Minister without delay. Article 17 generally requires the surrender decision within 15 days from execution of the Article 9 precautionary measure or, for an Article 11 arrest, from the arrest itself. The president may extend the period by up to ten days where information under Article 16 is needed or other objective circumstances prevent compliance. These EAW clocks do not apply to traditional extradition.

How does the first stage work before the Turin court?

In traditional extradition, the Minister decides whether to forward the request to the judicial phase and, if proceeding, must transmit it within 30 days of receipt. Unless Article 717 has already been used, the Prosecutor General identifies and questions the person with counsel present; counsel must receive at least 24 hours’ notice. The Prosecutor General files a requisitoria within 30 days after receipt. The person may choose counsel. Consent to extradition and waiver of speciality are separate decisions and should not be signed without advice.

After notice of deposit, the person, counsel and requesting state’s representative have ten days to inspect/copy the requisitoria and file and submit written observations. Article 704 also permits further memoranda up to five days before the hearing. Notice of the hearing must be served at least ten days in advance, on pain of nullity; the Court of Appeal decides in chambers within six months of the requisitoria. Missed periods do not all trigger automatic release, and no Turin rule fixes the first merits hearing within a set number of hours.

The Court Charter identifies a central penal registry and individual sections. Counsel should confirm the case number, responsible section, next deadline and current file-access method.

Where may the person be detained, and how can counsel gain access?

The Ministry lists Casa circondariale Lorusso e Cutugno at Via Pianezza 300, Turin, but not everyone arrested in the district is held there. Confirm the actual facility before arranging a visit.

At the extradition hearing, CPP Article 704 requires the Court of Appeal to appoint an interpreter where necessary. Article 143 sets out free interpreter and translation rights for an accused person in specified criminal-procedure circumstances; do not assume every Article 143 entitlement automatically applies to every extradition step. Raise language needs immediately and ask counsel to confirm the interpretation and translation arrangements for the actual questioning and hearing. The Court Charter publishes no universal extradition visit schedule or guaranteed interpreter time; confirm arrangements for the actual facility and file.

What should happen in the first 72 hours?

This is a practical action plan, not a separate statutory 72-hour deadline. The legal clocks above run independently.

Which appeal route applies, and who decides surrender?

In traditional extradition, a favourable Court of Appeal decision does not itself order surrender. Under Article 708, the Minister has 45 days from the statutory trigger (receipt of consent, notice that the appeal period expired, or deposit of the Cassation judgment); if no decision is made, a detained person must be released. Handover is due within 15 days of the set date, extendable by 20 days on a reasoned request.

Article 706 allows an appeal to the Corte Suprema di Cassazione, including on the merits. The general period is ordinarily 15 days under CPP Article 585(1)(a), running from notification or communication of the notice of deposit under Article 585(2)(a). Verify the judgment and notification record immediately; do not use the EAW period for traditional extradition.

For an EAW, Article 22 of Law No. 69/2005 allows five days from legal knowledge of the Article 17 judgment for the permitted Cassation appeal, which suspends execution. An order under Article 14(5) in the consent route has a separate three-day appeal period under Article 22(5-bis), also suspensive. Italy is party to the 1957 European Convention on Extradition; identify whether an EU request is an EAW or a non-EU extradition request and check the applicable treaty.

What can the defence raise before the Turin court?

Defences depend on the instrument and facts. Article 705 sets refusal grounds for traditional extradition, including specified fundamental-rights risks; Law No. 69/2005 and EU law govern EAWs. Evidence should be current, reliable and specific to the person, not merely a general criticism of a foreign system.

The CJEU’s Aranyosi and Căldăraru (C-404/15 and C-659/15 PPU, 2016) and LM (C-216/18 PPU, 2018) judgments require rights-based assessment in certain EAW cases. Later Openbaar Ministerie (C-562/21 PPU and C-563/21 PPU, 2022) and Puig Gordi (C-158/21, 2023) limit broad readings: criticism alone does not require refusal; the defence must establish the relevant issue and individual risk.

For refusal grounds, appeal steps, evidence and urgent remedies, see the Italy challenge guide. Removal or deportation is a separate process.

Hypothetical: a foreign alert at Caselle

Hypothetical: a traveller is stopped at Caselle after a database alert. The alert alone does not authorise surrender. Identify whether the basis is an EAW, provisional extradition arrest or another document. Article 716 requires the record within 48 hours, followed by a separate 48-hour validation period; for an EAW, Article 11 sets a 24-hour police handover and Article 17 the decision clock.

What to prepare before contacting a lawyer

• Full name, birth details, nationality and identity documents.
• Exact arrest time and place, including whether it was at Caselle.
• Any EAW, extradition request, provisional-arrest notice, Interpol reference or court/police document.
• Actual detention facility and any transfer notice.
• Prior judgments, residence and medical records, and evidence concerning the same alleged facts.
• Preferred language, interpreter or urgent medical needs, and the date/time each notice was received.

Do not sign consent to extradition, a waiver of speciality or a statement you do not understand without independent legal advice. For a case-specific assessment, you may use the consultation request page; counsel should verify the actual instrument, deadlines and current filing route.