Lacking Extradition Treaties

By Christine Nice

Dominica's Police Commissioner
Daniel Carbon

Dominica is the ideal place to Hide

Dominica is indeed a perfect hideaway after a crime spree. There is no extradition treaty with France and many other countries. "Man can go on bwakage and come down blinging, Gendarme cannot touch man in DA."

How do Extradition Treaties work?
An Extradition treaty is an agreement between two countries to deliver criminals
to the country where the crime was committed. Does Dominica have an Extradition treaty with neighbouring Guadeloupe? No.

As you read this (March 31st 2017), the Dominica State Prison have in custody, a french Criminal; Mr Nicolas Rene Philippe. Mr Nicolas Rene Phillipe illegally obtained monies from the Automated Bank Machine at the Goodwill Credit Union. If Mr Phillipe had been repatriated to Guadeloupe or any french territory he could have had the opportunity to serve out his time in a french penitentiary, even though the crime was committed in Mars, in the Antartica or in Dominica.

Civil Law
The french judiciary is operated by the civil Law. Under this law, the french do not care where the crime was committed. It could have been on the moon. Once extradited the french National pays for his crime. The main interest of the French judiciary is the criminal's Nationality. Is-he-french?

Common Law

Prime Minister Skerrit (left)
And the criminal he harbored
Alireza Monfared (right)

Dominica being an independent child of Britain is still dependent upon England's Common Law; which does not disturb criminals who have committed crimes in foreign Countries. The judiciary system of the Common Law depends solely on where the crime was committed. For example, Mr Alireza Monfared, the Iranian fugitive whom Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit harbored and gave diplomatic status, which facilitated him to hide out in Dominica. Mr Monfared committed his crimes in Iran. Prime Minister Skerrit has set a perfect example for the delinquent youth committing crimes overseas, skipping bail and/or sailing to Dominica 'backdoor' to hide out publicly while being fugitives in other countries. The Dominican Gunman Jordan Martin who got a rifle, sawed the barrel with a plumbers saw to turn it into a shot-gun, then went to his victim's house in Carenage- Guadeloupe, and sprayed his victim with bullets is not the only fugitive currently enjoying the public sanctuary which the police offers criminals in Dominica.

For Lack of an Extradition Treaty
When there is no extradition treaty, the criminals are offered sanctuary in Dominica or any where else , that the police turns a blind eye and allows them safe haven. These criminals usually have illicit activities to gain income and will even commit more crimes in their attempt to remain at large, which makes them a threat to society.
Within the two hundred (200) countries in the world , (some of which belong to greater continents), one hundred and ninety (190) of these countries have been registered with the INTERPOL. Dominica is an INTERPOL registered country. France is also an INTERPOL registered country which includes, Guadeloupe, Martinique and all of the other islands in the Caribbean. The INTERPOL do not send their officers to each country to retrieve wanted criminals. This means that in each island's police station, there is an INTERPOL bureau. Every police station in each country is responsible for the retrieval of their criminals. When the Police do not perform their duty in the INTERPOL bureau, they are indeed harboring criminals by allowing them refuge to publicly and comfortably hideout in Dominica.