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This list of United States extradition treaties includes 116 countries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first U.S. extradition treaty was with Ecuador , in force from 1873. [ 3 ] The most recent U.S. extradition treaty is with Croatia , in force from 2022.
No country in the world has an extradition treaty with all other countries; for example, the United States lacks extradition treaties with China, Russia, Namibia, the United Arab Emirates, North Korea, Bahrain, and many other countries. [3] There are two types of extradition treaties: list and dual criminality treaties.
Note that many treaties that are currently in force for the Russian Federation were ratified by the Soviet Union. At international law, Russia is the successor state to the Soviet Union and to the Russian Empire, so unless denounced by Russia, any treaty that was ratified by the Soviet Union or by the Russian Empire continues to be in force for ...
According to Convention, the extradition (transfer) may be requested by either the state in which the sentence was imposed (the "sentencing State") or the state of which the sentenced person is a national (the "administering State"). The transfer is subject to the consent of the two States involved, and the consent of the sentenced person.
Finland will not extradite to Ukraine a Russian man suspected of terrorism in Ukraine, Finland's supreme court ruled on Friday, citing the risk of inhuman prison conditions in Ukraine.
Decree of the President of Russia number 299 modified intellectual property laws in Russia. Countries on the unfriendly countries list would not receive reciprocity for copyrighted goods. [23] In March 2023, Russia announced that people from unfriendly countries will be subject to a "voluntary" exit tax of up to 10 percent to be paid into the ...
While technically, it has an extradition agreement with the U.S., the treaty was signed in 1996, a year before Great Britain transferred control of Hong Kong to China.
Generally under United States law (18 U.S.C. § 3184), extradition may be granted only pursuant to a treaty. [13] Some countries grant extradition without a treaty, but every such country requires an offer of reciprocity when extradition is accorded in the absence of a treaty. [13]