Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The dictates of existing extradition treaties and MLATs will be applied to extradition proceedings, which are typically initiated by ...

Rana, 63, asked a federal judge in LA to block his extradition, claiming that it ran afoul of a "double jeopardy" clause of the extradition treaty between the U.S. and India. Federal courts denied ...

Ever since Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh facing mass protests at home, resigned, fled, and took refuge in India, the demands for her extradition have been doing the rounds.

The central question is whether Rana's extradition to India is barred by a clause in the extradition treaty between the U.S. and India which prevents an individual from being "convicted or ...

extradition may be refused if the offence is one of a "political character". Another clause said a person convicted of an extradition offence may not be extradited unless the person was sentenced ...