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Re: Head of International Monetary Fund Arrested For Attempted Rape - May 17th 2011, 05:38 PM
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I believe he would have to be taken back to France to be tried, but I could be wrong. I thought I heard something similar to this but I don't know how true it is.
The jurisdiction of a court over an offence is determined by where the offence took place, not the nationality of the claimed offender. In this instance, as the offence took place in the Manhattan district of New York the case falls within the jurisdiction of the Manhattan Criminal Court and is heard under the terms of the New York Penal Code. The fact that he is French is irrelevant for these purposes as the offense did not occur in France or breach French law, and provided France has an extradition agreement in place with the USA (which I believe it does) they would be dutybound to extradite him.

Anyway, it's difficult to make any comment until the case has been concluded, but it's certainly a worrying set of allegations if nothing else.

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If you're referring to dr2005's response, it's not complex, however, he has a way with words .
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