Nothing seems to be going right for Lord Conrad Black these days. The mastermind behind a media empire that once stretched from Europe and Australia to Canada and the United States is currently ensnared in a legal quagmire that could cost him his freedom.

Lord Black is a wanted man in both Canada and the United States, with investigators tripping over each other in search of evidence that could put the wealthy executive behind bars. The problem is that although both the United States and Canada respect due process, they treat the right to refuse self-incrimination very differently. And those differences can trap the unwary.