In the past two days, a Chinese woman was involved in a drag racing accident in the United States, resulting in the death of a male companion, and then the woman fled back to China without concealing the facts, and the US police were preparing to launch an international wanted warrant for the woman. This matter has been on the hot search recently, first of all, the matter itself, we have to look at the official report to know what the final result is. But after this news came out, there was a lot of interest in this international wanted warrant.
An international wanted warrant is a type of criminal wanted notice issued by Interpol that is usually used to assist member states in the investigation of crimes. There are two types of circulars issued by the INTERPOL General Secretariat: one is the circular issued on a specific person at the request of a specific national central bureau, and there are five main types of circulars: red circulars, blue circulars, green circulars, yellow circulars, and black circulars; The first type is the international notification issued by the article or other information, such as purple notification and white notification. The various circulars are named after the color of the Interpol emblem in the upper left corner.
It is an international notification that requests member States to extradite fugitives. However, the warrant itself has no legal effect and is intended to assist member States in criminal investigations and the extradition of fugitives. Due to the differences in the legal and judicial systems of different countries, there are certain differences in implementation and recognition.
The concept of an international wanted warrant can be traced back to 1914, when it was established in 1923. First in Paris, later in Vienna. At that time, the police of various countries met together and talked about the coordination and cooperation between the countries in the common fight against crime. This was followed by the creation of Interpol, which grew to become a global crime tracking mechanism.
If you want to issue an international red notice, the process is quite complicated. It is necessary to first collect evidence, determine the wanted target, write a wanted warrant, submit an application to Interpol, decide whether to issue a wanted warrant after review, and release the wanted information to the world after approval, and at the same time consider many details such as local laws and so on before issuing it.
In the U.S. state of Washington, death by drunk driving is a Class A felony. If convicted, he is sentenced to life in prison plus a fine of up to $50,000. Then the police on the American side are ready to issue a red notice. But wonder if she will be extradited to face trial?
First of all, there is no extradition treaty between China and the United States. The mainland has no obligation to arrest people and hand them over to the US side, and the US side has no right to come to the mainland to arrest people. But it's not that if you commit a crime abroad, you will have nothing to do when you return home. In accordance with the principle of mainland jurisdiction, "Where a citizen of the People's Republic of China commits a crime provided for in this Law outside the territory of the People's Republic of China, this Law shall apply, but where the maximum penalty provided for in this Law is up to three years imprisonment, it may not be prosecuted." "But the mainland criminal law is suitable for her, and the family of the deceased can pursue her criminal responsibility in accordance with the law."