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When charges were laid against Hossain in July 2010, the OPP said it would do “everything in our power to bring him to justice.” Seven years later, he has not been arrested, despite facing a total of five counts that could see him imprisoned for 16 years.

Aside from notifying Interpol, it’s unclear what steps authorities have taken to return him to Canada for trial. Canada does not have an extradition treaty with Bangladesh, but at the time the charges were laid police said they would still seek his arrest.

A senior Bangladeshi official in Ottawa, however, said he knew nothing about the case. “We are not aware of the issue,” said the official, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak. “If someone is wanted in a foreign country, our government needs to know.”

He said the Canadian government had “mechanisms” to inform Bangladesh about fugitives. “I can assure you that the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is against any kind of extremism, terrorism and transnational crime,” he said.

Asked what the Canadian government had done to secure Hossain’s arrest, Global Affairs Canada referred the question to the RCMP, which said an Interpol red notice requesting his arrest had been posted at the request of Canadian authorities.

“However each member country decides for itself what legal value to give a red notice within their borders and therefore the ability to arrest and extradite a subject in a given country is not a guarantee,” said Sgt. Harold Pfleiderer, an RCMP spokesman.