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UK's first UWO order is served on wife of disgraced Azerbaijan banker

John Evans, International Editor, 12/10/2018

The mystery high-spending woman who has just failed in her appeal against the UK’s first unexplained wealth order (UWO) has been revealed to be Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of Jahangir Hajiyev, a former chairman of state-owned International Bank of Azerbaijan.

Mrs Hajiyeva risks losing her £15 million London home and a Berkshire golf course if she fails to satisfactorily explain the source of her wealth to the High Court.
 
She spent £16 million at Harrods over a decade, the court heard in a hearing on her appeal. She fought a legal battle to stay anonymous but media later persuaded the...

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