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Arrest Warrant Questioned

Unibet CEO is fully cooperating with French authorities concerning his arrest and extradition to France for charges related to online casino gambling. France is currently in the hot seat as many of the other EU members contest the arrest and the French laws in place that led to the arrest warrant. Because France is a member of the EU, and Unibet has a license to operate in Britain, according to EU policy, Unibet operated according to EU law. The issue comes from the 19th Century French isolationist legislation that supports a French monopoly on online casino and betting activities.

Petter Nylander is the CEO at Unibet and discovered that the French government was in fact serious about the arrest warrant as he was detained at Schipol airport. As the public outcry over the arrest grew, most in the online casino gambling community assumed that the French government would retract the arrest warrant. But as the French government proceeds with plans to transfer Nylander into French custody, it becomes increasingly apparent that the French government plans to continue the seemingly absurd decision to prosecute Nylander. This political act to secure French online casinos gambling monopolies has only served to place the two state gambling monopolies into an unfavorable light.

According to media reports, Nylander is comfortably resting at a hotel as he awaits transfer to France, and while he asserts his legitimate claim to operate online casino betting in France, he has not spoken out exceedingly negatively against the arrest. Instead, Nylander and his attorneys have merely noted that Nylander is hoping that the issue is resolved quickly so that he can return to his home and family. And as for the political machinations within the online casinos industry that prompted this arrest, legal counsel at Unibet noted, that "to use an arrest warrant to protect a gambling monopoly is way beyond that which could be viewed as acceptable."