If they'd manage to capture Thaksin like the claim they want (extraditon request) then there wouldn't be any 'upper hand', then they would have won the game, check mate, done. They would have been able to send Thaksin to jail for two years, during which they have the time to prepare so many LM and corruption cases that he'd never get out of jail for the rest of his life. Solved. Or?

An extradition doesn't give a country Carte Blanche to do what it wants..

A country requests extradition for specific matters, it then has to prove that the crime for which they are wanted has foundation.

In the case of serving a prison sentence, this would include not only the court verdict, but also the transcript of the trial, and possibly the evidence used, in the case of extradition for trial, then they have to provide the same evidence as would be used in the court.

If the country where the individual is held is not satisfied that either there is sufficient evidence, or that any court verdict was not reached in a fair or honest fashion, then extradition is denied.

For this reason, countries usually try and keep the extradition request as simple as possible, as the more cases involved the greater the chance that an extradition is denied.

Once an individual has been extradited, they can only be subjected to the charges for which an extradition was approved, whether it be trial or prison, and once the matter has been dealt with, either a not guilty verdict or the completion of a sentence, then the individual must be allowed free access to leave the country. Only if the individual remains in the country for a period of time (usually about one month) after being freed, can any additional charges be brought.

Edited November 15, 200916 yr by slimdog

Once an individual has been extradited, they can only be subjected to the charges for which an extradition was approved, whether it be trial or prison

Fine, so extradite him for the several trials currently underway, rather than the prison sentence already awarded ?