Arif Naqvi will be extradited to America, judge rules
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January 30, 2021
LONDON: The Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ordered the extradition of Abraaj Group founder Arif Naqvi to face charges of fraud, money-laundering and racketeering.
Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot ordered that the Pakistani national businessman should be extradited to the US and that his safety and rights will not be at risk in the US jail as argued by Naqvi’s lawyer during the extradition hearings.
Naqvi expressed no emotions when the decision was read out. His lawyer will appeal against the extradition at the London High Court.
Arif Masood Naqvi is accused of 16 counts of fraud and related money-laundering said to have been committed between 2014 and 2018. American government has described him as the “leader of a criminal enterprise that quoted Abraaj”.
Arif Naqvi will be extradited to US, rules UK judge
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January 29, 2021
LONDON: The Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ordered the extradition of Abraaj Group founder and businessman Arif Naqvi to face charges of fraud, money-laundering and racketeering which carry, in total, an incredible 300 years in prison.
Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot ordered that the Pakistani national businessman should be extradited to the US and that his safety and rights will not be at risk in the US jail as argued by Naqvi’s lawyer during the extradition hearings. Arif Naqvi expressed no emotions when the decision was read out. Arif Naqvi’s lawyer will appeal against the extradition at the London High Court. He didn’t speak to the media when he arrived at the court with his lawyers ahead of the decision but exchanged pleasantries with the reporters when he was leaving the court.