* Police know Julian Assange's whereabouts but await correct Interpol paperwork
* Amazon boot WikiLeaks off their server after coming under political pressure
WikiLeaks supremo Julian Assange could be arrested in Britain today over sex allegations.
Scotland Yard detectives were last night preparing to detain the 39-year-old over claims of rape and sexual assault in Sweden.
An extradition warrant is expected to be passed to the Metropolitan Police today or early next week.
They have apparently known for over a month where Australian-born Mr Assange, who is in hiding in south-east England, is staying.
He supplied the force with his contact details upon arrival in Britain in October, said his London-based lawyer.
It today emerged that Mr Assange only escaped arrest yesterday because the Swedish authorities filled out an Interpol arrest warrant incorrectly.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: ‘If an international arrest warrant is legitimately issued and is passed to us and if we know where that person is then of course we would arrest them.’
The internet whistleblower will be the subject of an international manhunt when the Interpol ‘red notice’ is correctly issued.
He was added to the worldwide wanted list amid growing fury in Washington at the mass release of more than 250,000 classified U.S. communiques.
One aide said: 'The inquiry into the criminal nature of the leaks is still at a preliminary stage in Washington, but Sweden clearly thinks the charges against him are serious enough for him to be extradited back there.’
The escalating row over the arrest delay came as Amazon.com kicked WikiLeaks from its servers, forcing the controversial website to move back to a Swedish provider.
Senator Joe Leiberman said Amazon acted after congressional staffers called the company yesterday to inquire about its relationship with WikiLeaks.
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