Julian Assange criminal investigation into WikiLeaks and asked allied nations for assistance. In November 2010, Sweden issued an international arrest warrant for Assange. He had been questioned there months earlier over allegations of sexual assault and rape. Assange denied the allegations, and said that he would be extradited from Sweden to the United States because of his rôle in publishing secret American documents. Assange surrendered to UK police on 7 December 2010 but was released on bail within 10 days. Having been unsuccessful in his challenge to the extradition proceedings, he breached his bail and absconded. He was granted asylum by Ecuador
UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 about the level of proof required being less to extradite from the UK to the US rather than vice versa. Among other provisions Part 2 of the Act: Extradition to category 2 territories (non-European Arrest warrant territories) removed the requirement on the USA to provide "prima facie" evidence in extraditions from the UK, requiring instead only "reasonable suspicion". This was necessary to redress the previous imbalance against the USA under the 1870 Act, as the UK did not have to provide the more onerous "prima facie" evidence to extradite from the USA. The requirement for the UK is to show