Previously, the treaty only listed the extraditable offenses, which left many crimes outside the reach of the other nation's law enforcement agencies.
The amendment broadens extraditable offenses to include crimes for which both countries have penalties of more than a year in prison.
At that time conspiracy was not an extraditable offense, and he could only be brought back to Canada to face charges of theft and bribery.
Britain said this week that it intends to make insider trading on financial markets an extraditable offense.
Hearings starting today will determine whether the extradition application is in order and whether the crimes it lists are extraditable offenses.
The Extradition Clause specifically defines treason as an extraditable offense.
One reason: The treaty between the United States and Sweden does not recognize espionage as an extraditable offense.
He was fairly sure that escaping from a social worker was not an extraditable offense, however.
Colombia does not consider international parental kidnapping as an extraditable offense.
The treaty, signed in 1970, includes drug-related crimes as extraditable offenses.