Justice Dept official says US has tools to prosecute dual citizens over torture

<p>An official with the US Department of Justice said the country had the tools to prosecute dual citizen Sri Lankan defence personnel accused of torture and other seriour crimes.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Jurisdiction Congress has given us allows to prosecute US citizens who have committed acts of torture abroad," David Rybicki, a deputy assistant attorney general, criminal division, Department of Justice told Representative Jim McGovern, during a House Tom Lantos Commission for Human Rights hearing.</p> <p>"And the Department used that statute to prosecute Chuckie Taylor, son of the former Liberian dictator who received a 97-year sentence," Rybicki said, Economy Next reports.&nbsp;</p> <p>He added, there are “substantive human rights statutes, immigration, naturalisation law for non-U.S. citizens … or special tools Congress has given us to look at extraterritorial conduct."</p> <p>Read more <a href="https://economynext.com/US_has_tools_to_prosecute_Sri_Lanka_dual_citize…">here</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>