The United States–Hong Kong Agreement for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders is an

extradition Extradition is an action wherein one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, over to the other's law enforcement. It is a cooperative law enforcement procedure between the two jurisdict ...

treaty signed by the

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and

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in 1996.

Extraditions

Extraditions under the treaty include cases from: *Two convicted perpetrators of the

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References

Treaties of the United States Treaties of Hong Kong Treaties concluded in 1996 Extradition treaties Treaties entered into force in 1997 Hong Kong–United States relations

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