European steroid dealer gave large sum of money to avoid extradition 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 identified as the leader of the steroid empire. The USA asked Austria to extradite this steroid dealer to the US. But the steroid dealer wasn’t extradited. This man paid 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 banned to extradite Slovenian citizens to another country. Mihael Karner turned out to be a lucky individual. If he had been extradited to the USA, he would have probably gone to 40 years in prison.
Federal prosecutors started the investigation linked with this drug ring in 2005. The steroid empire began to function earlier. Federal prosecutors learnt that since 2000 till 2008 the company earned 40 million Euros due to illicit sale of steroids.
Federal prosecutors found in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were involved in illegal sale 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. Moreover, the US promoted the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
Although the US tries to enforce other countries of the world to extradite distributors of steroids to the USA, it doesn’t have significant 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 hoped 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. So, the USA was defeated this time in the war on steroids.