US was shocked that Austrian authorities sent steroid dealer to Slovenia instead of extradition to US

Recently a large steroid chain was busted in Austria. It was determined that this company got 40 million Euros due to illegal sale of steroids. Mihael Karner was claimed to be the leader of the steroid empire. The USA asked Austria to extradite this steroid dealer to the US. But the steroid dealer wasn’t extradited. He paid one million Euros to Austrian authorities that sent him to his native country Slovenia.
Slovenia’s laws differ from Austrian ones. According to the Slovenian Constitution, it is forbidden to extradite Slovenian citizens to another country. Mihael Karner turned out to be a lucky person. If he had been extradited to the USA, he would have been probably sentenced to 40-year imprisonment.
Federal prosecutors started the investigation linked with this steroid ring in 2005. The steroid empire began to function earlier. Federal prosecutors found that since 2000 till 2008 the company earned 40 million Euros due to illegal drug trade.
Federal prosecutors defined in 2005 that Mihael Karner and his wife were implicated in illegal sale of steroids but they couldn’t prosecute them because the Karners were in Austria. But later steroid laws in Austria were changed due to suppression by the US. Furthermore, the US promoted the arrest of Mihael Karner and his wife.
Although the US tries to enforce other countries of the world to extradite distributors of steroids to the USA, it doesn’t have essential success in this area. But the persons that were involved in “Musclebear” and “British Dragon” were extradited from Cyprus and Thailand to the USA. That time the US had a victory.
As for Mihael Karner, the USA hoped that the extradition would be successful. That’s why it was a real shock for the US, when it was found that Karner reached Slovenia safely. Thus, the USA was defeated this time in the war on steroids.