When the FBI Seeks Extradition…®

Used by the United States since 1795, extradition treaties remain the most common tool among nations for the surrender of individuals accused or convicted of criminal activity who are no longer found within the requesting country.

On this site, by visiting our Practice Areas page, you can read extradition articles and search for treaty information by type of treaty, by subject and by country. You can also read the full text of extradition-related treaties, along with their letters of transmittal, as well as search by country for constitutional and statutory extradition laws.

International Extradition is a very complex subcategory of U.S. federal criminal defense. Extradition would be more difficult to secure without Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization. Interpol has 184 member countries, and you can read about its purpose and its use of worldwide International Notices by visiting our Interpol page. The most well-known International Notice is the Red Notice which alerts its members of individuals that are wanted for international extradition either because they have been charged with a crime in the requesting country, or because they have been convicted and fled prior to serving their sentence.

The firm, which you can learn more about by visiting its profile, also provides assistance with International Prisoner Transfer. For more information on such transfers, you can search for treaties and read about the procedures that would allow a person convicted of a crime in one country to be transfered to his country of citizenship to serve the remainder of his sentence.

To learn about U.S. federal criminal law within the international arena go to our Transnational Crimes and Transnational Crimes Blog sites.

To learn about U.S. federal criminal law within the domestic arena go to our Federal Crimes and Federal Crimes Blog sites.

To learn about international criminal law go to our International Crimes and International Crimes Blog sites.