Great, so now they are basically exiled out of Europe to a third-world country where they can only legally stay for 6 months (with a few possibilities of extensions but still), and will have to restrict themselves to the ever-shrinking list of countries that do not have automatic flag systems set up for signaling people that are wanted on international warrants. This includes not being able to visit family for the rest of your life and not being able to visit your parents' funerals.

Furthermore, any social security or pension entitlements they may have had will automatically be confiscated so they will have to provide for themselves, in fore-mentioned third-world country, presumably without a sizable starting capital, and without being able to take on any consulting jobs that require them to travel to Europe, and potentially other Western countries (I'm not familiar with international agreements on this matter, but most countries have no problems extraditing foreign nationals, especially not when they're convicted in criminal cases).

Sounds like a great "plan to skip jail and fine".

This ain't Prison Break. There's no way to escape from convictions that don't require profound sacrifices for the rest of your life. I can't understand why everybody is so dismissive - "oh they'll be fine". No they won't, they're fucked for the rest of their lives.