Friday, February 5, 2016
Volume:
32
Issue:
2
Abstract:
On January 21, 2016, responding to an Interpol Red Notice issued a week earlier at France’s request, Prime Minister Mahammad Dionne announced that Senegal, in line with instructions from President Macky Sall, would not extradite Papa Massata Diack on extortion, money laundering, and corruption charges. Dionne stated that while Senegal would respect its agreements with France, “[w]e will never extradite a Senegalese. We will never surrender a son. Notably, this official reaction was to a wanted notice rather than to a formal extradition request.