Canadian prosecutors are expected to defend on Wednesday their case to extradite...
VANCOUVER - Canadian prosecutors are expected to defend on Wednesday their case to extradite Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States saying Meng was arrested on charges of bank fraud, which is a crime in both countries, and not because of U.S. sanctions against Iran as argued by the defense.
When ending its arguments on Tuesday, the defense told the judge that the case is “unique” because “the risk of economic deprivation arises solely from the operation of a foreign criminal law for which no corresponding Canadian…law exists.” “The essence of the Applicant’s conduct is fraud on a bank: the Applicant is alleged to have made several misrepresentations to a bank to secure financial services,” submissions made by the Canadian government earlier this month showed.
She has said she is innocent and is fighting extradition in part because her alleged conduct was not illegal in Canada, an argument known legally as “double criminality.” On Monday, defense lawyer Richard Peck told the court that in a typical case, double criminality is not contentious. “This case however is founded on an allegation of breach of U.S. sanctions, sanctions which Canada has expressly repudiated,” he said. “Sanctions drive this case,” Peck said.
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