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Interesting. Japan is famously reluctant to extradite its own citizens, but they did send two to the US last year, so I wonder if somebody pulled strings to ge

Interesting. Japan is famously reluctant to extradite its own citizens, but they did send two to the US last year, so I wonder if somebody pulled strings to get the favor repaid. Although these are only low-level chumps, not Ghosn himself. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7d47070e-c949-4ddd-b0e4-546a569b373f https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7d47070e-c949...

JumpCrisscross 6y ago
> these are only low-level chumps The operation sounds like it would have been unsuccessful without their help. Given they were arrested boarding a commercial flight in Boston, it seems they felt above reproach. This arrest makes it less likely (though not impossible) such expertise will be able to be procured for such purposes in the future.
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- pm90 6y ago
  > This arrest makes it less likely (though not impossible) such expertise will be able to be procured for such purposes in the future. Eh, it would probably lead to them charging more for such things. How often have such people been arrested? What penalties will them ultimately face? (arrest is one thing, being found guilty and sentenced is another). The people who worry about wealth inequality do so for this reason. It creates a market for underground services that cost a lot but subvert due process in many ways... the same due process that would get most citizenry in a lot of trouble. It corrupts the system completely.
  - brandall10 6y ago
    Right, at a certain price folks can coast out the rest of their lives in luxury... in places that don't have pesky things like extradition treaties to worry about. In this particular case these folks perhaps a bit too brazen, as extradition to Japan seems likely and they will certainly be imprisoned there.
    - NotSammyHagar 6y ago
      You raise an interesting point. Even if someone gave me ten million dollars for rescuing a rich guy, why would I want to live in a little tiny country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US? It would be miserable, boring, terrible. I want to live in a place where I do something useful and intellectual, giving me 10 million dollars to go live on a desert island doesn't have an appeal. Giving someone 10 million dollars and you can live in the US, that's different.
- bredren 6y ago
  > it seems they felt above reproach Possibly because of what they’ve done for who in the past and what they know.

JumpCrisscross 6y ago

> these are only low-level chumps The operation sounds like it would have been unsuccessful without their help. Given they were arrested boarding a commercial flight in Boston, it seems they felt above reproach. This arrest makes it less likely (though not impossible) such expertise will be able to be procured for such purposes in the future.

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pm90 6y ago
> This arrest makes it less likely (though not impossible) such expertise will be able to be procured for such purposes in the future. Eh, it would probably lead to them charging more for such things. How often have such people been arrested? What penalties will them ultimately face? (arrest is one thing, being found guilty and sentenced is another). The people who worry about wealth inequality do so for this reason. It creates a market for underground services that cost a lot but subvert due process in many ways... the same due process that would get most citizenry in a lot of trouble. It corrupts the system completely.
- brandall10 6y ago
  Right, at a certain price folks can coast out the rest of their lives in luxury... in places that don't have pesky things like extradition treaties to worry about. In this particular case these folks perhaps a bit too brazen, as extradition to Japan seems likely and they will certainly be imprisoned there.
  - NotSammyHagar 6y ago
    You raise an interesting point. Even if someone gave me ten million dollars for rescuing a rich guy, why would I want to live in a little tiny country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US? It would be miserable, boring, terrible. I want to live in a place where I do something useful and intellectual, giving me 10 million dollars to go live on a desert island doesn't have an appeal. Giving someone 10 million dollars and you can live in the US, that's different.
bredren 6y ago
> it seems they felt above reproach Possibly because of what they’ve done for who in the past and what they know.