Britain left to count cost of European Arrest Warrant

Posted by Admin on 8/31/2010 1:58 PM | Comments (0)

Britain is inundated with extradition requests. But while we kowtow to EU arrest warrants, other countries are shielding citizens with opt-outs.

Anger at Britain’s “gold-plating” of the controversial European Arrest Warrant is growing after it emerged that other EU countries have secured significant safeguards for their citizens that are not available to British nationals.

More than 1,000 people in Britain last year were seized by police on the orders of European prosecutors, a 51 per cent rise in 12 months.

click link for more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7969981/Britain-left-to-count-cost-of-European-Arrest-Warrant.html

 

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