Austrian authorities helped steroid dealer to arrive to his native country in exchange for one million Euros

Recently a huge steroid ring was busted in Austria. It was discovered that this company received 40 million Euros due to illegal sale of steroids. Mihael Karner was considered to be the leader of the steroid ring. The USA asked Austria to extradite this person to the US. But Mihael Karner avoided the extradition successfully. This man gave 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 Slovenian Constitution, it is prohibited to extradite Slovenians to another country. Mihael Karner is a lucky person. If he had been extradited to the USA, he could be sentenced to 40-year imprisonment.
Federal prosecutors started the investigation linked with this steroid empire in 2005. The steroid ring began to function earlier. Federal prosecutors discovered that since 2000 till 2008 the company got 40 million Euros due to illicit distribution of steroids.
Federal prosecutors found in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were implicated in illegal distribution of steroids but they couldn’t pursue them because the Karners were in Austria. But later steroid laws in Austria were altered due to suppression by the US. Moreover, the US promoted the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
However the US attempts to enforce other countries of the world to extradite distributors of steroids to the USA, it doesn’t have great success in this area. But the persons that were involved 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 it was a real shock for the US, when it was learnt that Karner arrived to Slovenia safely. Thus, the USA was defeated this time in the war on steroids.