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Friday, April 30, 2010

UK orders Khalifa extradition to Algeria

2010-04-29

The UK Home Office on Wednesday (April 28th) agreed to extradite billionaire swindler Abdelmoumen Rafik Khalifa to his native Algeria. The decision comes nearly one year after a British court approved Khalifa's deportation.

In 2007, four years after Khalifa fled to London, a Blida court sentenced him to life imprisonment on fraud charges surrounding Algeria's largest-ever financial scandal. The corrupt tycoon is also wanted in France on embezzlement charges and for alleged involvement in the collapse of Khalifa Airways, Antinéa Airlines and Khalifa Rent-a-Car.

Khalifa is expected to appeal his extradition.

Source: Magharebia.com
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2010/04/29/newsbrief-02.

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