Can the United States arrest you in a country with which it has no extradition treaty?

Answer:
No. A lack of an extradition treaty may be one of the side effects of a lack of diplomatic relations, or of the existence of poor diplomatic relations, between two countries. It also may be a side effect of a perceived lack of equivalency between the legal standards of two countries. And it also may be a side effect of different interpretations by different countries as to the nature of criminal justice and the penal system. For important concerns that need to be worked out before any extradition treaty can be finalized are the abolition of the death penalty, the avoidance of double jeopardy and of torture, the establishment of probable cause, the right to a fair trial, the role of nationals, and the ticking away of any statutes of limitations.
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