FBI: Saudi Arabia Help Citizens To Escape, Involved In Crimes In US

US authorities say Saudi government “almost certainly” helps citizens escape justice by fleeing the country after they are charged with serious crimes

US officials believe the Saudi government “almost certainly” helps its citizens to escape justice by fleeing the country after they are charged with serious crimes, the Oregonian newspaper reported on Friday.

He said he had obtained a newly declassified document from the FBI that Riyadh’s assistance to the suspects “was undermining the American legal process”.

The newspaper described an FBI intelligence bulletin produced in August and released on Friday that the United States should take steps to prevent Riyadh from helping Saudi criminals escape abroad.

The document, only part of which has been made public, states that Riyadh helps citizens escape to avoid embarrassment, but does not indicate what assistance it provides or the number of fugitives who have fled.

An investigation by The Oregonian last year uncovered several cases of Saudi college students who were charged with manslaughter, rape and other serious charges and then disappeared — likely with help from Riyadh.

In some cases, suspects managed to leave the United States even after handing over their passports to the authorities.

A suspect, Portland Community College student Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah, disappeared weeks before his trial in 2017 in the murder of 15-year-old Fallon Smart, who later re-emerged in Saudi Arabia, the newspaper said.

Source — https://www.trt.net.tr/francais/ameriques/2020/01/18/fbi-l-arabie-saoudite-aide-ses-citoyens-impliques-dans-des-crimes-aux-etats-unis-a-s-enfuir-1343016