Quote Originally Posted by RickyR View Post
It's an absolute joke. Not sure whether you saw a news article today on a woman who got arrested and jailed for an offence that allegedly took place in Portugal over a companion having 120 quid in counterfeit notes. Under EU law she could be extradited to Portugal, which would be fine except the legal system is still completely backwards in that country, she has no right to a British case and could take months to hear because of the antiquated system, what kind of human rights is that? The system is so screwed its unbelievable.
I saw worse on the TV some fella (who had never been abroad before) on his honeymoon got 4 months in a Cypriot hell hole jail for attempting to pass a forged 50 Euro note - turns out he'd sent his doddery old Gran to the Post Office in Birmingham to buy his holiday money and some crim had saved her the time in the queue by flogging her DIY Euros at a good commission free rate. I think the defence had the CCTV but he still had to serve his time