New Delhi: In a figure that is the highest in the last 12 years, as many as 71 fugitives wanted by India were located in a foreign country in 2024-25, the 2024-25 annual report of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has revealed, reported The Hindu. According to the report, while 27 fugitives returned to India in the last financial year, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) located 71 people wanted by India in foreign countries.In the last decade, the fugitives traced to foreign countries ranged between 15 in 2013 and 42 in 2015, with the figure of 71 being highest so far.The Hindu reported that the CBI has processed and given comments on more than 22,200 applications for renunciation of Indian citizenship on the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) portal.According to a reply by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Parliament on December 19, 2025, India has signed extradition treaties with 48 countries whole there are existing extradition arrangements with 12 countries.The MEA said in its reply that in the last five years, India has sent 137 extradition requests to foreign countries, with 134 requests being accepted and 125 of them still pending with foreign governments. Three requests were rejected, reported The Hindu.