FUGITIVES VS ENFORCEMENT: SA’s Gupta extradition flop now dulls UAE’s shiny approach to catching global fugitives

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The United Arab Emirates once seemed to attract global crooks. Now its justice minister has detailed tightened extradition approaches and reiterated that partnerships between countries are key. Pity then about South Africa’s failed attempt to get the fugitive Gupta brothers back from there to face…

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