[MilenaJaf]

GT, the article presented a plethora of new legal issues that may be easy for you to handle, but not so easy for the layperson. I would have to analyze the new extradition laws in detail before I came to an opinion -- otherwise my opinion would be an uninformed knee-jerk reacton.

That article was dated February 21, 2006. An update of the Enron 3, (who are locked up in Texas):

NatWest Three press for evidence

By Iain Dey
December 30, 2006

Lawyers for the NatWest Three are to lodge documents with a Houston court in the New Year demanding that Royal Bank of Scotland release evidence they claim could prove their innocence.

Gary Mulgrew, Giles Darby and David Bermingham, three former NatWest bankers, were controversially extradited to the US in the summer to face fraud charges related to the collapse of Enron, the failed energy trading giant.

They claim that memos and e-mails held by Royal Bank of Scotland, which bought NatWest in 2000, could be used as part of their defence. If the court upholds the motion, the bank will be compelled to release the information.

The motion includes a request to interview a number of RBS employees who worked alongside the NatWest Three and were familiar with the transactions involved in the case.

While RBS has consistently said it would co-operate with any legal procedure, it has refused to release documents unless they have been requested by the US Department of Justice or the courts. Requests for information from the three men's lawyers have been rejected by the bank.

RBS is also included in a class action being brought by former investors in the bankrupt energy trader. The Scottish bank has repeatedly said that it reserves the right to take legal action against the three men.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...2/31/cnatw.xml