united-kingdom criminal-law england-and-wales extradition egypt
Are there countries which neither extradite to the UK nor prosecute the accused themself?
<p>Despite an alleged crime meeting the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_criminality" rel="nofollow noreferrer">double-criminality requirement</a>, are there any countries that would not extradite a British national back to the <a href="/questions/tagged/united-kingdom" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;united-kingdom&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;united-kingdom&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="united-kingdom-container">united-kingdom</a> nor prosecute the accused themself?</p>
<p>I have researched Egypt and Namibia, however both of those countries would instead prosecute the person there rather than accepting the extradition request and sending the criminal back to the UK.</p>

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<p>The United Kingdom does not have extradition treaties with a number of
countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, North
Korea, Somalia, and Syria.</p>
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<p>(<a href="https://interpollawfirm.com/blog/expatriation-non-extradition-countries-2022/#:%7E:text=The%20United%20Kingdom%20does%20not,extradite%20individuals%20to%20these%20countries." rel="nofollow noreferrer">Source</a>)</p>
<p>Egypt and Namibia are among a very small minority of countries that will try someone criminally for crimes committed in another country. Almost none of the other countries would do so.</p>
<p>This said, <em>ad hoc</em> extraditions of individuals who committed crimes abroad in the absence of an extradition treaty are not unheard of. Nothing prevent Algeria, for example, from deporting a U.K. citizen who is wanted for a serious crime in the U.K. to the U.K. despite not violating any Algerian immigration laws, because Algeria doesn't want that individual and they would like to do a diplomatic favor for the U.K. to redeem at some future date when Algeria requires some assistance.</p>
<p>Likewise, Algeria could trade someone wanted for a crime in Algeria held in the U.K. for someone in Algeria wanted for a crime in the U.K. in an exchange negotiated on a case by case basis.</p>
<p>While it isn't strictly analogous legally, the diplomacy involved in such a one off extradition agreement would be not unlike diplomacy involved in the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/08/politics/brittney-griner-released/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">December 8, 2022 prisoner swap</a> between Russia and U.S., of Brittney Griner, an American woman convicted of a marijuana crime in Russia, for Viktor Bout, a Russian man convicted of illegal arms dealing in the U.S.</p>
