Why won’t the Australian Government confirm whether it has made or received an extradition request?
Extradition requests are made in the course of an ongoing law enforcement operation. The Australian Government does not usually disclose whether it has made or received an extradition request before the person is arrested. This avoids giving the person who is the subject of an extradition request an opportunity to flee the jurisdiction. After a person has been arrested, the Australian Government may confirm that the arrest was in response to an extradition request made by Australia to a foreign country or in response to an extradition request made by a foreign country to Australia. It is possible that any media comment in Australia on the possible extradition arrest of someone in Australia or in a foreign country could encourage that person to flee and avoid arrest. This would defeat the purpose of extradition. This could mean that a person wanted for serious criminal offences in Australia or the foreign country could avoid prosecution.
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