Slovenian steroid dealer paid one million Euros to arrive to own country and avoid extradition to US

Lately a large steroid empire was busted in Austria. It was defined that this company received 40 million Euros due to illegal distribution of steroids. Mihael Karner was claimed to be the leader of the drug ring. The USA asked Austrian authorities to extradite this steroid dealer to the US. But the steroid dealer wasn’t extradited. This person paid one million Euros to Austrian authorities that sent him to his native country Slovenia.
Slovenia’s laws are not the same as Austrian’s ones. According to the Slovenian Constitution, it is forbidden to extradite Slovenians to another country. Mihael Karner is a lucky man. If he had been extradited to the USA, he could be sentenced to 40-year imprisonment.
Federal prosecutors began the investigation related to this drug ring in 2005. The steroid ring started to function earlier. Federal prosecutors determined that since 2000 till 2008 the company got 40 million Euros due to illegal distribution of steroids.
Federal prosecutors defined 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 modified due to suppression by the US. Furthermore, the US promoted the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
Although the US tries 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 involved in “Musclebear” and “British Dragon” were extradited from Cyprus and Thailand to the USA. That time the US celebrated its victory.
As for Mihael Karner, the USA thought that the extradition would be successful. That’s why it was a real shock for the US, when it was learnt that Karner reached Slovenia safely. Thus, the USA was defeated this time in the struggle against steroids.