The requested person challenged the refusal to revoke pre-extradition detention or replace it with house arrest in proceedings concerning an Albanian extradition request based on a conviction for bodily injury. The Court of Appeal had relied mainly on the requested person’s lack of employment, limited command of Italian, recent arrival and weak social integration in Italy. The Supreme Court of Cassation quashed the order, holding that flight risk must be supported by specific, concrete and symptomatic elements showing a genuine propensity and real possibility of clandestine departure. Considerations relating merely to the degree of social integration in the requested State are not sufficient unless connected to a predictive assessment based on the requested person’s conduct.