Last month the Thai Supreme Court issued the fourth arrest warrant for Thaksin to return to face corruption charges.
Last month the Thai supreme court did not deliver a verdict as expected on the corruption charge against him, and has instead issued four arrest warrants for him to return.
Swedish prosecutors decided to issue an Interpol red notice and a European arrest warrant to compel him to return last December but Mr. Assange, who denies the charges, has fought the warrants at every turn.
Crime EU measures such as the European arrest warrant make it easier to return fugitives to face trial and to transfer prisoners to their home country.
There is Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean strongman, who spent a year and a half in British custody on a Spanish warrant before being allowed to return home, where his legal problems continue.
But once they zeroed in on a suspect a young Chinese student named Ziang Sung Wan police traveled north to his Manhattan, New York, digs, searched it without a warrant, and pressured him to return to DC with them.
Chrysler, which initially asked the government to return the warrants at no cost, submitted the winning bid that gave a tidy profit for taxpayers.
Apparently when he failed to return it, a warrant was issued in late 2001.
The warrant would sunset after a period of time -- six months, perhaps -- after which the government would have to return to court to renew the warrant.
Now, with many banks itching to return their bailout money, the warrants are raising some thorny questions.
