Prisoner Transfer Treaties: the Year in Review

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Saturday, January 1, 1994
Author: 
Richard D. Atkins, Esq.
Volume: 
10
Issue: 
1
27
Abstract: 
According to the official State Department figures, in 1992, 2,878 U.S. citizens were arrested abroad. This was a 5.6% drop from the 1991 total of 3,050. However, these figures do not reflect the large numbers of arrests which do not get recorded or reported. A total of 977, one third of the world total of arrests, occurred in Mexico with Jamaica accounting for 420 and Canada 136 people…[more]