744. Countries Having a Prisoner Transfer Relationship with the United States
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Countries Having a Prisoner Transfer Relationship with the United States |
| I. Bilateral Treaties and Transfer Agreements* | ||||
| Bolivia Canada France |
Hong Kong Marshall Islands Mexico |
Federated States of Micronesia Republic of Palau |
Panama Peru |
Thailand Turkey |
| II. Participants in the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (COE Convention) | ||||
| Albania Andorra Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Belgium Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada |
Chile Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece |
Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea Latvia LiechtensteinLithuania Luxembourg |
Macedonia Malta Mauritius Moldova Mexico Montenegro Netherlands** Norway Panama Poland Portugal Romania Russia |
San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tonga Trinidad/ Tobago Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom*** Venezuela |
| III. Participants in the Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad (OAS Convention) | ||||
| Belize Brazil Canada Chile |
Czech Republic Costa Rica Ecuador |
El Salvador Guatemala Mexico |
Nicaragua Panama Paraguay |
Saudi Arabia Uruguay Venezuela |
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*/ Some of these countries are also parties to multilateral prisoner transfer conventions to which the United States is a signatory. For example, Mexico, France, Canada, Bolivia, Panama, and Turkey are signatories to the COE Convention. Mexico, France and Bolivia prefer proceeding under the bilateral treaty; Panama prefers proceeding under the COE Convention; and the United States prefers proceeding with Turkey under the COE Convention. Canada, Mexico, and Panama are also signatories to the OAS Convention. Mexico prefers proceeding under the bilateral treaty. Costa Rica is signatory to the COE Convention and the OAS Convention. Although Costa Rica does not have a treaty preference, the United States processes its prisoner transfer requests pursuant to the COE Convention unless Costa Rica or the prisoner requests otherwise. **/ Includes the Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten) and Aruba. ***/ Includes British territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Ducie and Oeno Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Henderson Island, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus, and St. Helena, Ascencion and Tristan da Cunha (formerly St. Helena Dependencies). [updated and renumbered March 2012] [cited in JM 9-35.010; Criminal Resource Manual 741] |
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