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Originally Posted by Ak Mike
Sparrow - I agree that this type of thing can be worrying. I note that it flows in both directions - in 2001 the European Competition Commission disallowed a merger between two U.S. companies, General Electric and Honeywell. You may also remember that a Spanish court indicted the late General Pinochet for acts committed in Chile, and nearly got him shipped there for trial from England, where he had gone for medical treatment.
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I wouldn't have described that as 'pulling jurisdiction out of a hat.' There was some evidence that the General had had Spanish citizens tortured in Chile. A Spanish court might well have an interest in the violation of its citizens' human rights.
To my mind, it was a pity that the UK government of the time did not extradite the General to answer the Spanish charges.