Businessman Beny Steinmetz detained at Athens airport
Israeli businessman Benny Steinmetz, active on the Romanian
real estate market, including in a deal that brought him a five-year jail
sentence, was detained at Athens airport on November 24, daily Bursa reported.
A Greek court banned him from leaving the country.
The Romanian authorities claim that the extradition
procedures were initiated. The Brasov Court of Appeal already sent the European
Arrest Warrant and all the related documents translated into Greek.
However, the businessman's lawyer Eitan Maoz told Globe.il
that Steinmetz had been detained due to "a serious breach of data transfer
regarding the cancellation of Interpol's red notice.
"We are dealing with this issue, and we hope that Mr
Steinmetz will return home and business soon," Eitan Maoz said.
The Interpol Supervisory Committee (CCF) on October 29
ordered the cancellation of Romania's arrest warrant.
The CCF ruled, among other things, that the lawsuits against
the Israeli billionaire were politically motivated and seriously flawed.
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