The way has been cleared by the Supreme Court for the extradition to the United States of a Wicklow man, alleged to be an administrator of the Silk Road website which dealt with illegal drugs and hacking software.

A decision has been reserved by the Supreme Court in an appeal by a Wicklow man against an order for his extradition to the United States.

The man who created the underground drug-selling website Silk Road was sentenced to life in prison.

The convicted mastermind behind the world’s largest online narcotics emporium has been sentenced to life.

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