German-born Dotcom has New Zealand residency and has been fighting extradition to the US since 2012 after an
FBI-ordered raid on his Auckland mansion. The high court in New Zealand first approved his extradition
in 2017, with an appeal court reaffirming the finding
the year after. In 2020, the country’s supreme court again affirmed the finding but opened the door for a fresh round of judicial review.
Now, the justice minister, Paul Goldsmith, has signed an extradition order for Dotcom, a spokesperson said on Thursday.