A Price to Pay?

In 2002, three British bankers found themselves at the centre of the storm surrounding bankrupt US energy giant Enron, when they awoke one morning to see themselves on the breakfast news, accused by US prosecutors of defrauding their own bank in London. Eighteen months later, just weeks after a new extradition law had been passed in the UK, supposedly as a weapon in the War Against Terror, the US sought their extradition. There then began a very public battle in which the NatWest...
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In 2002, three British bankers found themselves at the centre of the storm surrounding bankrupt US energy giant Enron, when they awoke one morning to see themselves on the breakfast news, accused by US prosecutors of defrauding their own bank in London. Eighteen months later, just weeks after a new extradition law had been passed in the UK, supposedly as a weapon in the War Against Terror, the US sought their extradition. There then began a very public battle in which the NatWest Three, as they quickly became known, sought to defeat the extradition and to change the law. They were supported by a coalition of national newspapers, civil liberties groups, business leaders and politicians, but sent to face trial in Texas in July 2006. In this book, David Bermingham tells for the first time the full story of the NatWest Three, including their time in America. It is a remarkable tale.