He was released by the Court and allowed to check in every three days pending the extradition process).

Last week, he was freed on bail; the extradition process could take years.

The Polish media and government in turn criticized the inefficiency of the international extradition process.

A small number of countries have been reported to use kidnapping to circumvent the formal extradition process.

The extradition process, however, proved more complex than initially envisioned.

We still want to have a regular extradition process, though.

Federal officials said the affidavit is the first step in the extradition process, but it will be several weeks before prosecutors make a formal request.

They acknowledged, however, that the extradition process could take as long as six months.

On the positive side, compared with the old extradition process, the time delay has reduced dramatically.

It plays a key role in the exchange of information and in extradition processes.