Mihael Karner paid one million Euros to avoid extradition to US

Lately a huge steroid ring was busted in Austria. It was defined that this company earned 40 million Euros due to illegal distribution of steroids. Mihael Karner was considered to be the leader of the steroid ring. The USA asked Austrian authorities to extradite this man to the US. But the steroid dealer avoided the extradition successfully. Mihael Karner paid one million Euros to Austrian authorities that sent him to his native country Slovenia.
Slovenia’s laws are not the same as Austrian’s ones. According to the Slovenian Constitution, it is forbidden to extradite Slovenian citizens to another country. Mihael Karner is a lucky individual. If he had not avoided the extradition to the USA, he would have probably gone to 40-year imprisonment.
Federal prosecutors started the investigation connected with this steroid empire in 2005. The steroid empire started to function earlier. Federal prosecutors defined that since 2000 till 2008 the company got 40 million Euros due to illegal drug trade.
Federal prosecutors determined in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were implicated in illicit distribution of steroids but they couldn’t pursue them because the Karners were in Austria. But later steroid laws in Austria were changed due to suppression by the US. Moreover, the US promoted the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
However the US tries to enforce other countries of the world to extradite steroid dealers to the USA, it doesn’t have great success in this area. But the persons who were involved in “Musclebear” and “British Dragon” were extradited from Cyprus and Thailand to the USA. That time the US celebrated its victory.
As for Mihael Karner, the USA believed that the extradition would be successful. That’s why it was a real shock for the US, when it was learnt that Karner arrived to Slovenia safely. Thus, the USA was defeated this time in the struggle against steroids.