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Originally Posted by spacedog
Which countries do not extradite people back to the united states?
Suppose, hypothetically, that someone wanted to do something & then disappear.. where would one go & not have difficulties with things like driving a car, having a bank account, etc & where cops wouldn't give a fuck or know about what happened in the usa?
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Depends on the offense spacedog. To be extradicted from anywhere, the offense needs to be what is defined as an "extraditable offense". The common basis for an extraditable offense is one where the offense exists in both countries. If such an offense does not exist in the "foreign country" - there is no basis for extradition.
Simple example... (and current scenario).. a US guy is wanted in connection with gaming offenses in the US. In the country from which he was operating the casino biz, gaming is not illegal and is operated under a licensing system in that country. The US issues an extradition application. The court hears the application - and this is dismissed. (This is an actual case, tho the US never reached the stage of the application because it was clear it would never succeed in court.)
Same with eg taxation offenses where an individual is living in a no-tax country. They can't be extradited from that country for eg tax evasion since there is no such offense in that country.
Extradictable offenses are not for trivia - they are usually defined in a treaty and include eg murder, major fraud, drugs offenses etc.
One exception can be murder where, if the "perp" was subject to a death penalty if an extradition application was granted - that application would not be granted by many nations. Often under these circumstances the US would give assurances that the death penalty would not be applied in that case - and extradition may be granted.
"Disappearing" is no problem - as long as there is no serious or extraditable offense. The local Interpol offices has records of all "wanted" individuals (not trivia stuff) and if eg applications are made for residency in a country, a routine check of Interpol records is normal.
Other than that, no problems with banks, drivers licenses blah - the law in other countries are not interested in offenses in other nations unless they are listed on Interpol records - it's not their problem.
Wot you hypothetically planning to do then?
