[OldDeckHand]

" Since when do WE have the legal authority to arrest ANYBODY in a foreign country????

I thought that this is why, this is the purpose for which extradition agreements are made between countries. "

Clearly, we don't. But, the USA has the power to go the grand jury, get an indictment an submit an extradition request to INTERPOL, and directly with the Netherlands, a country with whom we enjoy an robust extradition treaty.

None of that was done for almost a month after payment had been transferred. That just sloppy and untimely lawyering.

[hennie pennie]

>>>> "Clearly, we don't. But, the USA has the power to go the grand jury, get an indictment an submit an extradition request to INTERPOL, and directly with the Netherlands, a country with whom we enjoy an robust extradition treaty.

None of that was done for almost a month after payment had been transferred. That just sloppy and untimely lawyering...." <<<<

I read a very interesting hypothesis on a different board, days ago, when the case first broke, it was the poster's opinion of why there hadn't been the procedures you speak of.

The poster believed that the Feds were hoping to lure JVDS here to the USA, where they could prosecute to the full extent of the law and have him sentenced to 50 years in prison for extortion.

i.e., .... that perhaps they didn't trust Aruba/Holland and instead preferred to tell Joran that there was a lump sum awaiting him in Birmingham, Alabama.