In response to an appeal from lawyers who fear NATO will spirit the suspects out of the country, the state's top human rights body then ordered local authorities to do everything to prevent four of them from being taken from Bosnia by force.
Spirit out: Function: verb Synonyms: KIDNAP, abduct, snatch
If the Bosnians were simply handing the prisoners over to the US the men in question would not fear that they would be taken from Bosnia by force.