Gupta Brothers: UAE Extraditions more “Quid Pro Quo” than rule of law.

When South Africa ratified an extradition treaty with the UAE in 2018, officials assumed this would fast track requests like the Gupta brothers who are accused of a number of corruption and fraud related crimes. The treaty put South African citizens at risk of extradition to a country that the United Kingdom refuses requests from due to the “real risk of human rights violations and torture” but it seems they are struggling to achieve the mutual cooperation they’d hoped for.

• UAE dismisses S.African request to extradite Gupta brothers | Reuters A United Arab Emirates court has dismissed South Africa's request to extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption, but the Gulf state said on Friday the extradition request could be resubmitted.

“The decision to extradite wanted persons from the UAE has largely played out as political rulings in recent years”, says IPEX Reform founder Radha Stirling, an expert witness in Interpol and Extradition matters. "The UAE will extradite persons where there is a clear quid pro quo arrangement with the requesting country. We only have to look at the prompt extradition of several high profile parties to India following India’s illegal attack on US flagged yacht Nostromo to recover the escaping Princess Latifa, daughter of the ruler of Dubai."