Home Department written question – answered at on 4 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for extradition were received in (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004 from each of the countries that were the subject of the Part 2 Territories Designation Order 2003.
The following are figures for the number of extradition requests to the UK from countries that were designated as extradition partners under the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003.
Designated as extradition partners | Number of extradition requests |
---|---|
2000 | |
USA | 17 |
Germany | 11 |
Italy | 9 |
France | 7 |
The Netherlands | 5 |
Switzerland | 3 |
Czech Republic | 2 |
Greece | 2 |
Cyprus | 1 |
Luxembourg | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
Hong Kong SAR | 1 |
Iceland | 1 |
Malawi | 1 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Uganda | 1 |
All other countries | 0 |
Total for 2000 | 66 |
2001 | |
Germany | 17 |
USA | 16 |
Czech Republic | 16 |
Italy | 14 |
The Netherlands | 11 |
Switzerland | 7 |
France | 7 |
Lithuania | 5 |
Poland | 4 |
Turkey | 3 |
Bulgaria | 2 |
Estonia | 2 |
Russian Federation | 2 |
Austria | 2 |
Luxembourg | 1 |
Peru | 1 |
Greece | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Ukraine | 1 |
Latvia | 1 |
Hong Kong SAR | 1 |
Norway | 1 |
Total for 2001 | 116 |
2002 | |
Italy | 16 |
Germany | 13 |
The Netherlands | 12 |
Czech Republic | 12 |
France | 10 |
USA | 8 |
Lithuania | 8 |
Slovakia | 3 |
Russian Federation | 3 |
The Bahamas | 3 |
Turkey | 3 |
Switzerland | 3 |
Albania | 3 |
Zimbabwe | 2 |
Swaziland | 2 |
Tanzania | 2 |
Moldova | 1 |
Cyprus | 1 |
India | 1 |
Norway | 1 |
Bolivia | 1 |
South Africa | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 |
Luxembourg | 1 |
Poland | 1 |
Columbia | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Grenada | 1 |
Austria | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
Croatia | 1 |
Total for 2002 | 119 |
2003 | |
USA | 14 |
Germany | 12 |
The Netherlands | 11 |
Czech Republic | 11 |
Italy | 8 |
France | 8 |
Lithuania | 6 |
Australia | 4 |
Hungary | 2 |
Poland | 2 |
Argentina | 2 |
Switzerland | 1 |
India | 1 |
Monaco | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
Norway | 1 |
Uganda | 1 |
Azerbaijan | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Greece | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 |
Bulgaria | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Total for 2003 | 93 |
2004 | |
USA | 35 |
Czech Republic | 9 |
Germany | 9 |
Italy | 8 |
France | 6 |
Russia | 4 |
Lithuania | 4 |
Australia | 3 |
Albania | 3 |
Poland | 3 |
The Netherlands | 2 |
New Zealand | 2 |
Estonia | 2 |
Bulgaria | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Croatia | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
Zambia | 1 |
Ukraine | l |
Slovakia | 1 |
Total for 2004 | 98 |
Furthermore the figures for the first six months of this year, up to
Designated as extradition partners | Number of extradition requests |
---|---|
2005 (up to June) | |
Romania | 9 |
Italy | 3 |
USA | 3 |
Canada | 2 |
India | 2 |
Israel | 2 |
Albania | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Croatia | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1 |
Georgia | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
Mauritius | 1 |
Russian Federation | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Total | 30 |
Note:
1.Countries are not listed above for those years in which they made no extradition requests to the UK.
2.After the Extradition Act 2003 (Designation of Part 2 Territories) Order 2003 came into force on
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