Extradition: The Risk And Preventative Steps

Gherson often receive calls from individuals (based either inside or outside the UK) who have outstanding criminal matters, or concerns about potential outstanding criminal matters, in another jurisdiction.

In extreme cases this could be another jurisdiction in which the individual has not set foot, but is alleged to have committed a criminal act. These individuals are now gravely concerned that they may face extradition to the other jurisdiction.

To be in this situation with the accompanying uncertainty and lack of clarity is understandably extremely stressful. Arrest and removal to a potentially faraway jurisdiction is undoubtedly a traumatic and unsettling process, and even more so, if ties have developed in the country from which the individual is sought.