Interesting tidbit: the warrant upon which Polanski was arrested was issued by the FBI in 2005. Polanski reportedly owns a house in Gstaad and must have been to Switzerland a number of times since 2005.
So why now? [Coincidence, surely] Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
This time they ensured he was actually in the air before they issued the warrant. keep to the Fen Causeway