> He'd likely be a free man if he were in Croatia or Kazakhstan.
You're talking out of your ass. As a person who was born in Croatia and lived there for almost 25 years I can tell you that Croatia has been extraditing people left and right for years now.
I don't know what kind of lawless country you're imagining, but in reality Croatia is subject to EU laws, cooperates with lots of international institutions, has very strict anti-drug laws and there is no way an international criminal of DPR's profile would ever be safe there. I've seen my friends go down and get criminal records over a few grams of weed... DPR would have someone knocking on his door as soon as his cover was blown.
Ex-soviet countries would be a much safer bet as they don't seem to want to cooperate with US authorities (Snowden et al). Central America might also be a good bet, but then you risk getting killed by the cartels for undermining their business model, if they ever find out who you are.
My understanding is that the cartels care a lot more about distribution than retail, though my information is removed enough it could easily be flat out wrong...
I mentioned this in a reply below, but I'm an American who lived in Croatia for a little over a year. I lived there with a few other Americans. I'm not sure if any of this is true, but we were told Croatia has very strict anti-drug laws. We were told that if we were caught with any amount of drugs whatsoever we would be instantly deported, no questions asked. I wasn't sure if it was a "you better not do it" exaggeration warning or it was truth. Either way, once a police officer stopped a few other Americans I was living with on the street out of the blue and flat out asked them if they were carrying any drugs. I wasn't with them at the time, I only heard the story when they got home. They were obvious foreigners because they were speaking English to each other while walking down the street. I believe the officer also checked everyone's IDs and the papers we had to carry that showed we registered our address with the local police. Yes, as foreigners staying in Croatia we had to register with the local police.
You're talking out of your ass. As a person who was born in Croatia and lived there for almost 25 years I can tell you that Croatia has been extraditing people left and right for years now.
I don't know what kind of lawless country you're imagining, but in reality Croatia is subject to EU laws, cooperates with lots of international institutions, has very strict anti-drug laws and there is no way an international criminal of DPR's profile would ever be safe there. I've seen my friends go down and get criminal records over a few grams of weed... DPR would have someone knocking on his door as soon as his cover was blown.
Ex-soviet countries would be a much safer bet as they don't seem to want to cooperate with US authorities (Snowden et al). Central America might also be a good bet, but then you risk getting killed by the cartels for undermining their business model, if they ever find out who you are.