The fight for Dan Duggan – Part 1: From ‘top gun’ to wanted man
America says Dan Duggan breached US arms trafficking laws a decade ago. This is how an Australian pilot became the target of US prosecution.
In October 2022, Dan Duggan was arrested at a Woolworths in Orange, regional NSW, after dropping his kids at school.
American prosecutors claim the former US Marines pilot helped train Chinese military pilots in South Africa more than a decade ago, in breach of US arms trafficking laws.
Duggan denies that, and says he believed he was involved in lawful civilian flight training.
He now faces extradition to the United States.
But before the arrest, the charges and the extradition fight, Duggan was living as an Australian citizen, running a flight business in Tasmania and building a life with his wife Saffrine and their children.
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Today, Saffrine Duggan on her husband’s fight for freedom from jail, and journalist – and member of the Free Dan Duggan Campaign – Michael Sainsbury on how an Australian pilot became the target of US prosecution.
This is part one of a two-part episode.
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Guest: Saffrine Duggan and journalist and member of the Free Dan Duggan campaign Michael Sainsbury.
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