9-15.000
INTERNATIONAL EXTRADITION AND RELATED MATTERS
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9-15.100
| Definition and General Principles
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9-15.200
| Procedures For Requesting Extradition From Abroad
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9-15.210
| Role of the Office of International Affairs
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9-15.220
| Determination of Extraditability
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9-15.225
| Procedure When Fugitive is Non-Extraditable
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9-15.230
| Request for Provisional Arrest
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9-15.240
| Documents Required in Support of Request for Extradition
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9-15.250
| Procedure After Assembling Documents
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9-15.300
| Procedure in the Foreign Country
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9-15.400
| Return of the Fugitive
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9-15.500
| Post Extradition ConsiderationsLimitations on Further Prosecution
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9-15.600
| Alternatives To Extradition
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9-15.610
| Deportations, Expulsions, or other Extraordinary Renditions
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9-15.620
| Extradition From a Third Country
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9-15.630
| Lures
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9-15.635
| Interpol Red Notices
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9-15.640
| Revocation of United States Passports
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9-15.650
| Foreign Prosecution
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9-15.700
| Foreign Extradition Requests
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9-15.800
| Plea Agreements and Related MattersProhibition
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9-15.100
Definition and General Principles
International extradition is the formal process by which a
person found in one country is surrendered to another country for
trial or punishment. The process is regulated by treaty and
conducted between the Federal Government of the United States and
the government of a foreign country. It differs considerably from
interstate rendition, commonly referred to as interstate
extradition, mandated by the Constitution, Art. 4, Sec. 2.
Generally under United States law
(18 U.S.C. § 3184), extradition may be granted
only pursuant to a treaty. However, some countries grant
extradition without a treaty. However, every such country requires
an offer of reciprocity when extradition is accorded in the absence
of a treaty. Further, the 1996 amendments to 18 U.S.C. 3181
and 3184 permit the United States to extradite, without regard to
the existence of a treaty, persons (other than citizens, nationals
or permanent residents of the United States), who have committed
crimes of violence against nationals of the United States in
foreign countries. A list of countries with which the United States
has an extradition treaty relationship can be found in the Federal
Criminal Code and Rules, following
18 U.S.C. § 3181, but consult the Criminal
Division's Office of International Affairs (OIA) to verify the
accuracy of the information. See the
Criminal Resource Manual at 535 for the
text of § 3184, and at
536 for links to some of the extradition
treaties the United States has negotiated. | | |