Slovenian Constitution bans to extradite its citizens to other countries

Lately a huge steroid empire was busted in Austria. It was defined that this company got 40 million Euros due to illegal distribution of steroids. Mihael Karner was considered to be the leader of the steroid empire. The USA asked Austrian authorities to extradite this man to the US. But he wasn’t extradited. He 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 Slovenians to another country. Mihael Karner is a lucky man. If he had not avoided the extradition to the USA, he would have probably gone to 40 years in prison.
Federal prosecutors started the investigation connected with this steroid empire in 2005. The steroid ring started to function earlier. Federal prosecutors defined that since 2000 till 2008 the company got 40 million Euros due to illegal sale of steroids.
Federal prosecutors determined in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were implicated in illicit sale of steroids but they couldn’t pursue them because the Karners were in Austria. But later steroid laws in Austria were altered due to suppression by the US. Furthermore, the US promoted the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
Although the US puts efforts to enforce European countries and other countries of the world to extradite steroid dealers to the USA, it doesn’t have essential success in this area. But the persons that were implicated 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 hoped that he would be extradited. That’s why the US was shocked, when it was found that Karner reached Slovenia safely. So, the USA was defeated this time in the war on steroids.