Warner, a 72-year-old a native of the Caribbean island, was indicted in May by a USA grand jury on 12 charges of wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering.
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Corruption accused Jack Warner was told in court on Monday that Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has signed the documents that would allow the extradition case against him to proceed.
Warner’s lawyers will appeal the decision on grounds it was taken after the deadline date for signing the documents (September 16) and ask for their client to be released, according to local media reports.
Only three of those charged are in the jurisdiction of New York.
Lewis said Warner was now before the court on fresh charges which differed from those listed on the provisional warrant and the matter had now entered the committal phase with the issuance of the authority to proceed.
Disgraced former Federation Internationale de Football Association vice president Jack Warner could soon be on his way to the U.S. to face corruption charges.
Presiding over the proceedings was deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington in the Eighth Court who held in the absence of Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers Caesar.
“I am troubled by the difference of opinion between the parties on this point and I need time to consider all that is before me”, he said.
Warner, the former president of CONCACAF, the confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean and an ex-FIFA vice-president, has denied all wrongdoing.
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It is alleged that he began to leverage his influence and exploit his official positions for personal gain from the early 1990s; accepted a US$10 million bribe from South African officials in return for voting to award them the 2010 World Cup; and bribed officials with envelopes each containing US$40,000 in cash.
