Austrian authorities were paid one million Euros in exchange for refusal to extradite steroid dealer to US

Lately a large steroid chain was busted in Austria. It was determined that this company got 40 million Euros due to illicit distribution of steroids. Mihael Karner was claimed to be the leader of the drug ring. The USA asked Austria to extradite this man to the US. But Mihael Karner wasn’t extradited. This person gave one million Euros to Austrian authorities that sent him to his native country Slovenia.
Slovenia’s laws differ from Austrian 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 man. 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 ring began to function earlier. Federal prosecutors found that since 2000 till 2008 the company earned 40 million Euros due to illegal distribution of steroids.
Federal prosecutors learnt in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were implicated in illegal sale of steroids but they couldn’t prosecute them because the Karners were in Austria. But later steroid laws in Austria were altered due to suppression by the US. Furthermore, the US induced the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
Although the US puts efforts to enforce European countries and other countries of the world to extradite steroid dealers to the USA, it doesn’t have great success in this area. But those that 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 the extradition would be successful. That’s why the US was shocked, when it was found that Karner arrived to Slovenia safely. Thus, the USA was defeated this time in the struggle against steroids.