HC Deb 30 March 1998 vol 309 c396W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to modify extradition treaties to cover persons who commit major white collar fraud. [35152]

Mr. Michael

Most of the extradition arrangements define "an extradition crime" by the length of the sentence served, and white-collar crime needs no special provision. The most obvious exception is the 1976 United Kingdom/United States Treaty, which still relies on a list of extradition crimes. Amendments are necessary to the 1989 Extradition Act and longer-term, to the Treaty itself.

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