Austrian authorities helped steroid dealer to return to Slovenia

Lately a huge steroid chain was busted in Austria. It was defined that this company got 40 million Euros due to illegal distribution of steroids. Mihael Karner was considered to be the leader of the steroid empire. The USA asked Austria to extradite this person to the US. But he wasn’t extradited. This person paid one million Euros to Austrian authorities that sent him to Slovenia, his native country.
Slovenia’s laws are not the same as Austrian’s ones. According to the Constitution of this country, it is banned to extradite Slovenians to another country. Mihael Karner turned out to be a lucky individual. If he had not avoided the extradition to the USA, he would have probably gone to 40 years in prison.
Federal prosecutors started the investigation related to this steroid empire in 2005. The steroid empire began to function earlier. Federal prosecutors found that since 2000 till 2008 the company earned 40 million Euros due to illicit sale of steroids.
Federal prosecutors determined in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were implicated in illicit distribution of steroids but they couldn’t prosecute them because the Karners were in Austria. But later steroid laws in Austria were changed due to suppression by the US. Furthermore, the US promoted the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
Although the US attempts to enforce other countries of the world to extradite steroid dealers to the USA, it doesn’t have great success in this area. But those who were implicated in “Musclebear” and “British Dragon” were extradited from Cyprus and Thailand to the USA. That time the US had a victory.
As for Mihael Karner, the USA believed that he would be extradited. That’s why the US was shocked, when it was found that Karner arrived to Slovenia safely. So, the USA was defeated this time in the struggle against steroids.