Omid Tahvili called Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) offeing to surrender if police promised he wouldn't be extradited to the United States.

Omid Tahvili, 37, is the kingpin of a Persian organized crime family in Canada connected to various other global criminal groups. Known as Nino, Tahvili escaped the maximum-security prison in British Columbia November 15, 2007, after bribing a guard with the promise of $50,000.Tahvili was awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of kidnaping, sexual assault, possession of an imitation firearm, assault causing bodily harm, uttering a threat and proceeds-of-crime charges. The court found Tahvili was the "directing mind" of a criminal organization based in Canada. But he is also facing charges in the United States of running a $3-million telemarketing scam that victimized seniors. (See the August 22 issue of Iran Times, page five.)
Last month, Tahvili called the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and offered to surrender if police promised he wouldn't be extradited to the United States. Tahvili said he was in Toronto and caller ID showed he was calling from a Toronto number, but police remain skeptical and suspect he fled to Iran, which does not have an extradition treaty with Canada.