NCJ Number
125172
Journal
Temple Law Review Volume: 62 Issue: 4 Dated: (Winter 1989) Pages: 1281-1316
Date Published
1989
Length
36 pages
Annotation
The fundamental purposes underlying the international extradition process are the conservation of order, the observation of justice, and the suppression of crime.
Abstract
It is important to note that these principles are also the rationales for the enactment of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) and the Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) statutes. Both RICO and CCE are effective weapons targeting the most reprehensible of narcotics traffickers: organized crime and the drug "kingpins." Extradition for RICO and CCE drug offenses is consistent with the goals inherent in extradition -- international cooperation in the fight for world justice. In cases where the requested nation's public policy concerns outweigh the desire to prosecute the drug offender, the requested nation should rely on the many extradition exceptions established to protect those concerns, rather than rigidly applying the double criminality requirement and thereby rendering RICO and CCE ineffective based solely on their structure. 275 notes.