Executives confront new extradition threat

This article appears courtesy of International Financial Law Review

The reach of US law has recently been extended. A new fast-track extradition regime between the US and the UK, coupled with the aggressive approach of the US authorities towards prosecuting alleged white-collar criminals and the willingness of the US courts to adopt a broad approach to assuming jurisdiction over a defendant, means UK executives are facing heightened risks of being extradited from their home country to the US for alleged white-collar crimes.