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The extradition treaty between the US and UK is massively unbalanced - the UK needs proof to extradite an American, the US only needs suspicion to extradite a Brit.


Not according to this finding by the UK Govt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15351357

"But Sir Scott's 486-page report finds: "In our opinion, there is no significant difference between the probable cause test and the reasonable suspicion test."

"There is no practical difference between the information submitted to and from the United States."




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