Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties’ in Los Angeles, Miami and New York were raided Monday by federal law enforcement agencies.
The specific reasons for the raids have not been given, but are understood to be linked to accusations in a number of lawsuits, including alleged sexual abuse, assault and human trafficking. The rapper has vehemently denied all the accusations.
In the raids by armed officials, Diddy’s sons were taken into custody, but it is not clear if they were actually arrested.
It’s not clear where Diddy a.k.a. Puff Daddy is. In a bid to ascertain that detail, TMZ tracked his private jet, a Gulfstream 5, to Antigua in the Caribbean.
Diddy’s jet took off from Van Nuys airport, in the L.A. area, at 9 a.m. PT flying to and landing in Antigua. The flight time is around nine and a half hours.
While it’s not known if Diddy is in Antigua, if he were there and the U.S. authorities were to seek his extradition, it is important to note that they would be able to rely on an extradition treaty in force between the U.S. and the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, as part of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean Countries. It was signed in 1996 and ratified in 1998.
The treaty obliges each country to extradite to the other any “person sought for prosecution.” An extraditable offence is one punishable under the laws of both countries as punishable by “deprivation of liberty for a period of more than one year, or by a more severe penalty.”
