Victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme are demanding Canada bring Gary Sorenson back to Canada to face theft and fraud charges in a gold investment racket that allegedly bilked more than 3,000 people out of up to $400 million; he is thought to be living a lavish lifestyle in Honduras.
Though Canada has no extradition treaty with Honduras, authorities can appeal for Sorenson’s extradition on a basis of ill-gotten wealth, said Liberal consular affairs critic Dan McTeague.
“It’s well within the government’s rights to make a request … I’m pretty convinced Honduras has signed protocols and is signatory to a number of regulations when regarding assets gained through criminal behaviour,” he said.
“Honduras would not want to be seen as a haven for this kind of thing.”
McTeague said it’s ultimately up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office to make the decision to go after Sorenson, 66, whose alleged Calgary-area accomplice, Milowe Brost, has already been charged and is out on bail.
Justice officials have said if the justice and foreign affairs ministers agree to it, they can make a special extradition request to a country like Honduras.
But yesterday, Justice department spokesman Carole Saindon said “extradition requests made to and from Canada are confidential state-to-state communications. Accordingly, we cannot confirm or deny the existence of an extradition request.”
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1 God supports the interim government // Sep 22, 2009 at 10:00 am
This government is humble and will cooperate in spite of the fact that its allies in the regions have turned there back on them in favor of a communist traitor.
2 joche // Sep 22, 2009 at 10:30 am
They can have Sorenson as long as they promise to take Zelaya as well!