On September 4, suspected
animal rights terrorist Justin Samuel was arrested in Hasslet, Belgium
and the machinery is now in motion to extradite him to the United States.
In 1998 Samuel was indicted by a Wisconsin grand jury for releasing in
excess of 3,000 mink from Wisconsin fur farms. In addition the grand jury
hit Samuel and his alleged co-conspirator, Peter Young, with a racketeering
charge alleging the duo engaged in “overt acts in three states as
part of a conspiracy to engage in extortion by attempting to coerce the
farmers to close their business rather than face the threat of further
economic losses as a result of their attacks.”