In 1997, it changed its Constitution to permit extradition and the Justice Department is currently seeking to bring 10 Colombians to stand trial in the United States on drug charges.

The Canadians then arrested the Confederate raiders, but the judge ruled the raid was an authorized Confederate government operation and not a felony which would permit extradition via the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

The new treaty permits extradition of any accused felon and also allows Lithuania to refuse extradition of accused people who might face the death penalty in the United States.

After the Yugoslavian Federal Assembly passed the bill which permits extradition of its citizens to the Hague tribunal, his lawyers had contacted the authorities to discuss the possibilities of his surrender.

The announcement was sought by West German officials, who had declined to permit extradition of the suspect, Mohammed Ali Hamadei, unless the Justice Department guaranteed he would not be executed.

Two years later, at the urging of Britain, the United States revised the treaty to permit extradition.

Britain and Pakistan have no extradition treaty, so it is Pakistan's choice whether to permit extradition.

The Governments also concluded a protocol to their extradition treaty this week that will permit temporary extradition to allow cross-border criminals to be tried in both countries while evidence is fresh.

"Our understanding is that Namibia law permits extradition in the absence of a treaty in certain circumstances."

From 1849 until 1860, Texas tried to convince the United States government to negotiate a treaty with Mexico to permit extradition of runaway slaves, but it did not succeed.