extradition
Surrender, by one state or country to another, of a person accused of a criminal offence in the state or country to which that person is extradited.
When two nations are involved, extradition is usually governed by a treaty between the two countries concerned. A country usually will not allow extradition for political offences or an offence that it does not treat as a crime, even though it is a crime in the requesting country.
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