Monia: This means Poland pays for executing EAW on the territory of the other state .
That is an interesting claim to make.
Sublime to the ridiculous: new cases in the extradition courts
The British taxpayer is spending thousands of pounds extraditing a Polish man accused of possessing cannabis worth just 65 pence, it can be revealed.
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Suspects are often remanded in custody, leaving British taxpayers to pick up the £700-a-week bill for their prison stay. In addition there are Legal Aid, court, prosecution and translation expenses, meaning that even the cheapest remand case costs the taxpayer many thousands of pounds.
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Last year, we told how the number of Eastern European fugitives captured in Britain has increased so much that the flights have become a regular fortnightly event at Biggin Hill air base.
The administration cost to the British taxpayer is around £25million a year. The flights have been dubbed ‘con air’.
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The cost to Britain of extraditing the large number of Poles is £25 million a year. So many are extradited that flights from Biggin Hill have been increased to once a fortnight.
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So are all these journalists wrong? What could the problem be?
Well, strangely enough the problem is that Monia doesn’t have a clue what she is talking about. Let’s take a look at “2002/584/JHA: Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States - Statements made by certain Member States on the adoption of the Framework Decision” We can find it
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And when we read it, we see that it says:
Article 30
Expenses
1. Expenses incurred in the territory of the executing Member State for the execution of a European arrest warrant shall be borne by that Member State.
2. All other expenses shall be borne by the issuing Member State.
So, who wants legal advice from Monia?
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