Irishman loses appeal against US child porn extradition

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the extradition challenge of a man accused by the US of being the world’s biggest facilitator of child pornography.

Eric Eoin Marques is wanted by the American authorities on charges including conspiring to distribute and advertise child pornography and of advertising and distributing child pornography.

The FBI believes he is the owner and administrator of an anonymous hosting site, known as Freedom Hosting.