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Despite Nirav Modi win, how India stands in catching economic offenders

In the last five years, India managed to bring only about 20 fugitive offenders including AgustaWestland deal middleman Christian Michel James

Vijay Mallya, Westminster Magistrates Court , London, extradition hearing
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Mallya fled country in March 2016 after loan default of around Rs 9,000 crore. He remains on bail owing to a separate secret legal process in the UK

Shrimi Choudhary New Delhi
Even as the government is moving closer to seek custody of fugitive offender Nirav Modi from the UK, its success rate in extraditing fugitives has been low due to the complex diplomatic process. 

In the last five years, India managed to bring only about 20 fugitive offenders including AgustaWestland deal middleman Christian Michel James, and is strongly pursuing extradition cases of liquor baron Vijay Mallya and jeweller Mehul Choksi.

Mehul Choksi

Wanted in connection with India’s biggest banking fraud of $1.8 billion at Punjab National Bank (along with Nirav Modi). India is trying to bring him back from Antigua

Vijay Mallya

Fled country in March