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Super shopper Zamira Hajiyeva, who spent US$21 million at Harrods, faces extradition after landmark UK arrest over ‘unexplained wealth’

  • Zamira Hajiyeva is wanted by Azerbaijan, where her banker husband has been jailed for embezzlement
A woman from Azerbaijan who spent US$21 million at luxury London department store Harrods (pictured) over the course of a decade has become the first target of a British power to seize money from people suspected of getting their wealth through corruption. Photo: AP

The woman targeted by Britain’s first Unexplained Wealth Order, who spent £16 million (US$21 million) in department store Harrods, will appear in court on Thursday as she fights an extradition request by Azerbaijan, prosectors said Wednesday.

Zamira Hajiyeva was arrested in London last week after an extradition request from Baku, where she faces two charges of embezzlement.