Germany will not extradite them, but outside the country they will be threatened with detention and extradition. US Justice Department announced in the international search of five ex-managers of the German auto concern Volkswagen (VW). Germany will not issue them, but they will not be able to leave the territory of the country, since they are included in Interpol's base and they will be threatened with detention and extradition, the Suddeutsche Zeitung. The US authorities accuse former VW employees of conspiracy to commit fraud and violate American environmental standards. In the United States, defendants are threatened with long terms of imprisonment. We are talking about Heinze-Jakob Neusser, Jens Hadler, Richard Dorenkamp, ??Bernd Gottweise and Jurgen Peter, against whom the Prosecutor's Office of Braunschweig. In Germany, about 40 former managers and employees of VW are suspected of involvement in the diesel scandal. In the US, except for the five wanted managers, the prosecution was also brought against the leaders of one of the departments of the German auto concern Oliver Schmidt, who was detained on January 7 before his flight to Germany. The Detroit Court placed him under arrest.

If his guilt is proven, he faces up to 169 years in prison. Earlier it was reported that VW had reached agreements with the US authorities on fines and compensation payments totaling more than $ 18 billion as part of the settlement of the scandal surrounding the underreporting of data on diesel engine emissions. However, the US Department of Justice does not intend to refrain from prosecuting ex-managers of the auto concern.

Original article: In the US, five ex-managers of Volkswagen.