Man facing trafficking charges consents to extradition

A LITHUANIAN man wanted for trafficking and selling young women into prostitution in a number of Europe countries including Ireland has consented to his extradition back to his native country.

Sigitas Kareiva, aged 25, who has been in custody at Cloverhill since his arrest by the Garda Extradition Unit in July of this year, is wanted for charges including the trafficking and selling into prostitution of young Lithuanian women to gangs to Britain, the Netherlands as well as Ireland.

He is also wanted on charges of rape, possession of pornography and the sexual exploitation of children.