sick to death of hearing about

[John Galt]

US extradition yada yada, ratification yada yada!! The important thing is that we won't be paying to keep the little tealeafs in comfort and luxury in our prisons

[mcquiggd]

I wish they would extradite illegal immigrants.

The US seem to have more power over legitimate UK citizens, than the UK government has over foreigners who have no right to be here.

Maybe the NatWest guys should do a runner to the Hague and claim political asylum from an oppresive government (ours) - after all, they haven't faced any charges in the UK yet are being detained without evidence.

[Mailman]

Maybe the NatWest guys should do a runner to the Hague and claim political asylum from an oppresive government (ours) - after all, they haven't faced any charges in the UK yet are being detained without evidence.

That is in fact incorrect, these guys are being detained and evidence of their "wrong doing" was presented to their lawyers before they got the old orange boiler suites issued to them

Then again, these guys could have saved themselves a lot of hassle by just going to America in the first place. Then they would have been given bail instead of having no chance of getting bail now because they will be considered a risk for doing a runner.

Who ever advised them legally did a p1ss poor job.

Mailman

[NickIT]

What I don't understand is if the crime took place in the UK, in a UK bank, breaking UK laws why they have to go to the US.

All the witnesses, paper work and evidence is here in the UK. Not in the US.

If they broke the law then they should be punished. No one can argue otherwise.

I am not an expert on the case so the above could well be wrong but this is from the defense lawyers.

Not too keen on this kind of extradition which was set up for moving suspected terrorists to the US.

[Mustang]

Thin end of the wedge...?

What's next? UK citizen commits traffic violation whilst on holiday in the US and finds themselves sent back to the US under the same treaty?

Why won't the US ratify the treaty to allow US citizens to be sent back to the UK to be tried?

[Lucifer Box]

What's next? UK citizen commits traffic violation whilst on holiday in the US and finds themselves sent back to the US under the same treaty?

I love a good analogy, but a more appropriate one would be "UK citizen commits traffic violation whilst on holiday in the UK and finds themselves sent to the US to stand trial because their hire car was owned by a leasing company that was financed by Enron."

[snaw]

Gotta agree, how can it be fair that three UK bankers face trial in the US for a crime commited in Britain against a British bank?

Add to that the fact that the bank in question doesn't want to bring charges (Probably because they knew most of the facts before - not an unusual circumstance for a bank to have to sell an asset for compliance reasons). How fair a trial are three 'foreign' financial workers going to get in Enron's home state? And why are we using terrorism laws to extradite people accused of commiting financial crime.

The whole thing stinks big time, and once again we're taking it up the arse from the seppos, wioth no wraparound forthcoming.

[Lucifer Box]

Suicide? Naturally.

Banker found dead in London park

A body found in east London parkland has been identified as banker Neil Coulbeck, sources have told the BBC.

The banker worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland, and had been questioned by the FBI about the Enron fraud case.

Police were keeping an open mind about whether the death was linked to the Enron investigation, which involved RBS subsidiary Natwest.

Three British former Natwest employees are being extradited to the US on Thursday to face fraud charges.

Police were called to the park near Newgate Street in Chingford after the body was discovered by a member of the public on Tuesday.

A police spokesman said the man's body was on the ground when it was discovered.

They said the death was being treated as unexplained.

He added officers from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command were investigating because of their resources and expertise.

[NickIT]

I love a good analogy, but a more appropriate one would be "UK citizen commits traffic violation whilst on holiday in the UK and finds themselves sent to the US to stand trial because their hire car was owned by a leasing company that was financed by Enron."

Much more elequent than my post will ever be! LOL

[Lucifer Box]

Much more elequent than my post will ever be! LOL

eloquent

Sorry, couldn't resist

Oh yes, and thanks, you're most welcome!