No more Israei visitors to the US, then- Israeli law does not allow extradition of Israeli citizens.
I think this case with this Serbian guy is a travesty- it appears that Serbian embassy officials aided him in fleeing the country, despite the Serbian government's agreement not to give him a replacement passport. There has to be a loophole to the relevant law.
You have a point. I guess I had a bit to learn about extradition policies.
At least with Israel we have a reasonable hope that criminals can be tried in Israel for serious crimes they committed here.
I guess a more reasonable expectation is to take the passports of criminal suspects and forbid them to leave the country.
If in this case the Serbian embassy aided this guy in fleeing the country, then the embassy officials involved should at a minimum be thrown out of our country and never be allowed to return. We should also be looking at if their actions are within the immunity from prosecution they have been granted, or if they should be criminally prosecuted for their actions.
The state department will object strongly to doing either because they fear that our foreign service officials might face prosecution in other countries. More accurately the State Department fears actually doing anything that might upset another country even if it is justified.
If the state department isn't able to arrange extradition, they have failed in their part, and their objections should be ignored if our laws and agreements allow prosecution of their embassy officials.