"kixi" <k9i@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> The trial is underway in Toronto of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb
> who are accused of fraud and forgery in connection with alleged
> misstatements of the financial position of Livent between 1993 and
> 1998.
>
> Although the alleged crimes occured 10 to 15 years ago these two media
> darlings have not fled to Israel to escape justice. Since the victims
> of their alleged criminal activity seem to be Gentiles, does Israel
> still provide a safe haven for jews defrauding Gentiles?
>
> Regardless, my prediction is that even if found guilty, they will
> spend little time in jail and continue to be darlings of the
> jewsmedia. Last year Gordon Eckstein pleaded guilty to one count of
> fraud in the case, and received a two-year conditional sentence.
> Toronto Star story: http://www.thestar.com/article/424528
Israel does not have extradition for Jews except for capital or personal
crimes. It does not extradite for financial crimes usually.
The reason for that rule was the many so called financial crimes in the
previous communist states in the 40's and 50's that magically Jews were
accused of.
And yes, this became problematic when Jewish criminals, and yes there are
some, took advantage of the rule that was never meant to let them escape
justice, started to run to Israel to escape culpability, most notable of
which is the legendary Crazy Eddie from America in 1988 [and btw, he was
extradited eventually].
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