AFP - A former Syrian diplomat convicted in Geneva of raping and torturing a 60-year-old woman has been arrested in France after 15 years on the run, Swiss officials said Wednesday.
A statement from the Geneva prosecutor's office said the fugitive targeted in an international warrant was picked up on Tuesday in Versailles, where he
had been living under a false identity with refugee status.
An extradition process to return the 54-year-old to Switzerland has been launched, the statement said.