Ms. Meng’s lawyers said the case is really about U.S. economic sanctions against Iran. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes ruled that argument would put the purposes of extradition treaties at risk
Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes ruled that this argument would put the basic purposes of extradition treaties at risk.
“The offence of fraud has a vast potential scope. It may encompass a very wide range of conduct, a large expanse of time, and acts, people, and consequences in multiple places or jurisdictions.” It should not be given an “artificially narrow scope" in extradition cases. Canadian courts could have put Ms. Meng on trial for a similar offence committed in this country, she wrote. ″A domestic prosecution for fraud could properly, I suggest, take place in Canada on the basis of false statements made in Canada that put a U.S. bank at economic risk for violating U.S. sanctions."Some legal observers said they were not surprised by the ruling.
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