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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.
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. [13] All extradition ...
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.
This list represents a sample of American people imprisoned abroad by state and non-state actors, past and present. This list includes both citizens of the United States and legal permanent residents. It represents individuals imprisoned through various channels, including tried crimes and kidnappings.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other U.S. residents freed from Russian are starting on the road to recovery at a Texas military hospital. For Americans freed from Russia ...
Russia United States: 1919 Soviet Union [35] [36] Adam Habib: Scholar South Africa: 2006 South Africa: Apprehended and deported over allegations of "engaging in terrorist activities", ban lifted in 2010 [37] C. L. R. James: Journalist, social theorist Trinidad and Tobago: 1953 Trinidad and Tobago: Alleged Communist ties [38] [39] Claudia Jones
PHOTO: President Joe Biden speaks about the release of Americans detained in Russia during brief remarks from the White House, Aug. 1, 2024, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
However, a person who enters another country as an illegal immigrant may be sent back, and if a criminal, a person may face extradition or prosecution in the other country. The position of the United Nations is that freedom to emigrate is a human right, part of the right to freedom of movement .