Sweden Makes New Request for Assange Arrest
Updated at 1:10 p.m. ET
Swedish authorities have made a new request to U.K. police to extradite for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for sex crime allegations, the BBC is reporting.
According to the BBC, Swedish prosecutors drew up a second European arrest warrant, after the first was rejected on legal grounds.
The U.K.'s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which processes European Arrest Warrants, did not confirm to the BBC whether the request had been received.
Assange, who has helped release thousands of secret files, is wanted in Sweden for questioning on sex crimes although no charges have been filed. Two women claim that Assange sexually attacked them when he visited the country in August.
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Assange is believed to be staying at a secret address in the U.K. He denies the allegations against him, calling them part of a smear campaign.
His British lawyer Mark Stephens told the BBC's Today program that the police knew where Assange was living if they needed to get in touch with him. Stephens told the BBC that Assange had sought a meeting with the Swedish prosecutor to discuss the charges but hadn't gotten a response.
Earlier this week, WikiLeaks released 250,000 secret diplomatic cables, embarrassing governments across the globe.
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