British ministers face calls to act after US authorities secretly flew out of the UK a diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children. US officials reportedly raided the diplomat's London flat in August before taking him to an American airbase and flying him out of the country, without warning the Metropolitan police. American personnel have no powers of arrest in Britain, and there was no formal request for the man to be extradited. A UK government spokesperson declined to comment because of the ongoing US investigation but said Britain expects all foreign diplomats to obey the law while in the UK, "in the same way we expect all UK diplomats to do so when posted overseas".
A spokesperson for the US embassy said it was "aware of allegations" concerning one of its staff and expected "all personnel to adhere to the highest standards of conduct".