Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Liberia Extradites Russian Pilot to US

Russian civil aviation pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, along with several other people, was arrested in Liberia by Liberian and US law enforcement officials and extradited to the US. Once in the US, those arrested were charged with trafficking tons of cocaine from South America through Africa to Europe and the US. The Russian authorities sent a protest note to the US Department of State accusing the US of failing to notify Russia of the arrest in accordance to applicable treaties.

http://lenta.ru/news/2010/07/20/note/

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