I had a co-worker who vacationed for three months in Cuba. It was during his college years. I was baffled. "Why Cuba?"
Jimmi replied "Because the US could not extradite me from Cuba"
Then he added some back-story...he had gone to a college party and drunk quite a bit. Later that night a student on a moped had been mowed down and died. The front of his vehicle had damage on it that had not been there the previous morning and the paint matched the paint on the moped.
Jimmi decided it was a good time to take a vacation while his lawyers sorted it out.
Countries which the US does not have an extradition treaty with AT THIS TIME:
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Armenia
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Burkina Faso
- Burma (?)
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- the Central African Republic
- Chad
- Mainland China
- Comoros
- Congo (Kinshasa)
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Indonesia
- Ivory Coast
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Oman
- Qatar
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican
- Vietnam
- Yemen.
A useful list, and some of the places are warm and sunny.
ReplyDeleteif you think the DOJ cannot partner up with other 3 letter agencies to rendition people from places extra-legally... you are not thinking clearly. It will of course cost them favors, but rest assured, if they want you, they're gonna get you.
ReplyDeleteI'd get another source for that list if I were concerned; some of the countries on that list changed names many years ago.
ReplyDeleteAlso, some countries will extradite without a treat and some countries with a treat make it difficult or impossible. Also, it depends on the crime and the treaty - the classic example is draft dodgers in Canada during the Vietnam War; the US has a treat with Canada, but it only covers certain crimes.
Also, don't forget that some of these countries are hard to get into, with substantial visa requirements.
I found this an informative article:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-without-extradition
We are always in need of good metalworkers and painters in Bosnia. The locals have all escaped to better-paying countries. We still have welders, but the others are now at a premium.
ReplyDeleteTo be safe and practical, a country would need to be not occupied by or dependent on USA, so Ukraine is out. White skin needs to be the norm, so Africa and Asia are out. Culture not hostile to Christians, so Middle East is out. Eastern Europe it is, then. If you're worried about TLAs, that narrows it down to Russia. Snowdon proved they can't operate freely there.
ReplyDeleteFor at least 1-2 dozen of those places, your chances would arguably be better in jail and facing charges (I've worked in some of these places). For most of them, the US would have no problem sending a team and extracting you if they wanted you badly enough. And in quite a few of them, they wouldn't need an extradition treaty because a few dollars in the right hands would have you trussed up and delivered right to the transport.
ReplyDeleteI imagine it would be even cheaper to hire some local talent to bonk you on the head and make it look like a robbery.
DeleteFirst, the US has to figure out which country a man is in. Between cash, crypto, and wearable wealth; a man can live like a king if he does as the Romans do and lives humbly.
ReplyDeleteIf I really didn't want to be found by the US regime then Lebanon would be one of my first choices. Lebanon has plenty of first world amenities, neighbors that don't extradite, versatile passport, and it's not land-locked, so you can lamberfeety, swim, or dig yourself out if need be.
- Arc