Former Defence Secretary Warns Against Laws Preventing Terrorist Apprehensions

Limitations in international law means Britain is unable to apprehend terrorist suspects in foreign countries.
Former Defence Secretary Warns Against Laws Preventing Terrorist Apprehensions
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace speaks during the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's Future of Britain Conference in central London on July 18, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/PA
Joseph Robertson
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Former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has criticised laws preventing the UK from conducting raids abroad to apprehend terrorist suspects, labelling them as “lunacy.” 
Speaking to the Telegraph, Mr. Wallace highlighted the limitations imposed by international law, stating that missions leading to the rendition of suspects, involving their extrajudicial transfer between countries, are prohibited. 
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