United States of America v. Savein, 2014 BCCA 290

• Judge: Levine, Garson and Stromberg-Stein, JJ.A.
• Court: Court of Appeal (British Columbia)
• Case Date: June 10, 2014
• Jurisdiction: British Columbia
• Citations: 2014 BCCA 290;(2014), 359 B.C.A.C. 100 (CA)

USA v. Savein (2014), 359 B.C.A.C. 100 (CA);

    615 W.A.C. 100

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Temp. Cite: [2014] B.C.A.C. TBEd. JL.034

Attorney General of Canada on behalf of The United States of America (respondent/requesting state) v. Ariel Julian Savein (appellant/person sought)

Ariel Julian Savein (applicant) v. Minister of Justice (respondent)

(CA040505; 2014 BCCA 290)

Indexed As: United States of America v. Savein

British Columbia Court of Appeal

Levine, Garson and Stromberg-Stein, JJ.A.

July 17, 2014.

Summary:

Savein was committed for surrender for extradition to the United States for prosecution for offences corresponding to the Canadian offence of laundering proceeds of crime. The Minister of Justice ordered Savein surrendered to the United States on the United States offence of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments. Savein appealed the committal order and applied for judicial review of the surrender order. He asserted that there was insufficient evidence to commit him for extradition, and the decision to surrender him was unreasonable because the Minister failed to consider the relevant factors in concluding that his surrender would not violate his s. 6(1) Charter rights and that it would not be unjust or oppressive in light of his personal circumstances.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed the application and the appeal.

Civil Rights - Topic 525

Mobility rights - Right to remain in Canada - Extradition - See paragraphs 20 to 33.

Extradition - Topic 23

General - Bars to extradition - Charter breaches - See paragraphs 20 to 33.

Extradition - Topic 2930

Provisional arrest and detention - Warrant of committal - Grounds for issue of - Evidence - See paragraphs 5 to 18.

Extradition - Topic 3342

Surrender to demanding country - Conditions precedent - That surrender not be unjust or oppressive - See paragraphs 34 to 44.

Cases Noticed:

United States of America et al. v. Ferras (2006), 351 N.R. 1; 214 O.A.C. 326; 2006 SCC 33, refd to. [para. 6].

United States of America v. Graham (2007), 243 B.C.A.C. 248; 401 W.A.C. 248; 2007 BCCA 345, leave to appeal refused (2007), 383 N.R. 394; 2007 CanLII 66748 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 6].

United States of America v. Lorenz et al. (2007), 243 B.C.A.C. 219; 401 W.A.C. 219; 2007 BCCA 342, refd to. [para. 6].

R. v. Arcuri (G.), [2001] 2 S.C.R. 828; 274 N.R. 274; 150 O.A.C. 126; 2001 SCC 54, refd to. [para. 6].

R. v. Drakes (A.) et al., [2006] O.T.C. 24 (Sup. Ct.), affd. (2009), 252 O.A.C. 200; 2009 ONCA 560, leave to appeal denied (2010), 404 N.R. 395 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 15].

R. v. Tejani (R.A.) (1999), 123 O.A.C. 329; 138 C.C.C.(3d) 336 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 15].

Lake v. Canada (Minister of Justice) (2008), 373 N.R. 339; 236 O.A.C. 371; 2008 SCC 23, refd to. [para. 21].

United States of America v. Cotroni, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1469; 96 N.R. 321; 23 Q.A.C. 182, refd to. [para. 23].

United States of America v. Kwok, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 532; 267 N.R. 310; 145 O.A.C. 36; 2001 SCC 18, refd to. [para. 26].

United States of America et al. v. Nadarajah (2012), 437 N.R. 107; 301 O.A.C. 264; 290 C.C.C.(3d) 349; 2012 SCC 70, refd to. [para. 26].

Sriskandarajah v. United States of America - see United States of America et al. v. Nadarajah.

Counsel:

I. Donaldson, Q.C., for the appellant;

S.M. Repas, for the respondent.

This application and appeal were heard at Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 10, 2014, by Levine, Garson and Stromberg-Stein, JJ.A., of the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Levine, J.A., delivered the following reasons for judgment for the court on July 17, 2014.