Costas del Crimes: Di Stefano held on British warrant

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Di Stefano held on British warrant

Tuesday, 15 February 2011 18:34 , 0 Comments

Labels: Giovanni di Stefano , has been arrested on suspicion of fraud on a British warrant in Spain. , who once acted as a consultant to Saddam Hussein’s defence team

Iraqi Bank Note 10,000 Dinars Portrait Saddam Hussein Illus. Minaret at Samarra, Al-Mustansiriyah University Issued 2002

Di Stefano held on British warrant | Irish Examiner: "High-profile lawyer Giovanni di Stefano, who once acted as a consultant to Saddam Hussein’s defence team, has been arrested on suspicion of fraud on a British warrant in Spain.

He was held last night in a mansion in Palma on the island of Mallorca.

Mr Di Stefano was taken to hospital after his arrest and will undergo surgery, Spanish police said, but refused to give further details.

A City of London Police spokesman confirmed a 55-year-old man had been arrested in Palma on suspicion of fraud.

He said the arrest was part of an “ongoing investigation”.

Mr Di Stefano is one of several non-Arab lawyers who acted as consultants to the team that defended the deposed Iraqi dictator and associates in his regime.

He also defended former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tarik Aziz, the international face of the Saddam regime, and convicted drug dealer Patrick 'Dutchy' Holland, who was named during his 1997 trial by a garda as the man who shot journalist Veronica Guerin."