<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Extradition is the act by one jurisdiction of delivering a person who has been accused of committing a crime in another jurisdiction or has been convicted of a crime in that other jurisdiction into the custody of a law enforcement agency of that other jurisdiction . It is a cooperative law enforcement process between the two jurisdictions and depends on the arrangements made between them . Besides the legal aspects of the process, extradition also involves the physical transfer of custody of the person being extradited to the legal authority of the requesting jurisdiction . </P> <P> Through the extradition process, one sovereign jurisdiction typically makes a formal request to another sovereign jurisdiction ("the requested state"). If the fugitive is found within the territory of the requested state, then the requested state may arrest the fugitive and subject him or her to its extradition process . The extradition procedures to which the fugitive will be subjected are dependent on the law and practice of the requested state . </P> <P> Between countries, extradition is normally regulated by treaties . Where extradition is compelled by laws, such as among sub-national jurisdictions, the concept may be known more generally as rendition . It is an ancient mechanism, dating back to at least the 13th century BC, when an Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses II, negotiated an extradition treaty with Hittite King, Hattusili III . </P>

Who makes the decision to extradite a fugitive