Re: OT: How does the USA arrest someone in a forgien country.


John Woodgate wrote:

By definition, once the crime crosses state boundaries, it is Federal.

By definition, once the crime crosses an international frontier, it is
crossing a state boundary.

There are countries outside USA, you know! English law doesn't recognize
the term 'federal offense' and wouldn't anyway, because it's not spelt

Unless I misunderstood the OP, he was asking if a "state" (i.e. a state
police department) would contact another country directly, or if it
would go through the US State Department.

The answer to which, obliquely, is that since the crime has crossed a
state boundary (in the act of crossing an international border), the
matter is in the hands of the FBI and would be dealt with through
federal agencies. A police chief in Baltimore, MD would not normally
call up the chief of police in Rome, Italy to ask that a particular
person be arrested and extradited.

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