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<p /> <p>Due to the way data was recorded prior to 2009, it is not possible to provide
a breakdown of surrenders of German nationals for the years prior to 2009/2010. <br><br>According
to information obtained from the National Crime Agency, between the 2009/2010 and
2013/2014 business years, two German nationals were extradited to the UK under a European
Arrest Warrant from Germany.<br><br>The individuals were Frank Schaper and Michael
Luck.</p><p /> <p>Schaper was wanted for the fraudulent evasion of excise duty after
entering the UK driving a lorry containing 8,435,200 cigarettes. No duty had been
paid on the cigarettes, and the duty evaded totalled £1,242,080. After failing to
attend court in the UK, Schaper was arrested in Germany in September 2009 and extradited
back to the UK on 18 September 2009. <br><br>Luck was involved in a collision which
resulted in the death of another lorry driver in the UK. He failed to appear at a
police station as instructed, and <br>was thought to have fled to Germany. When Luck
was eventually located in Germany, he was found to be serving a sentence for another
offence. The German authorities subsequently agreed to his temporary surrender and
he was returned to the UK on 17 June 2011 to stand trial. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment. He was transferred back to Germany on 17
October 2011 to serve both his remaining German sentence, and his UK sentence.<br><br>Figures
for 2013 indicate that the main ground for refusal of extradition by Germany to all
EU countries, not just the UK, was under Article 4(6) of the <br>European Arrest Warrant
Framework Decision. This provides that where the person has been requested to serve
a sentence, the executing state may refuse to extradite its nationals and residents,
and instead enforce the sentence in that state</p><p />
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