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词条 Zamira Hajiyeva
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  1. Early life and family

  2. Kidnapping

  3. Move to Britain

  4. Unexplained wealth order

  5. References

  6. External links

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| residence = Knightsbridge, London, England
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}}Zamira Shirali qizi Hajiyeva ({{lang-az|Zamirə Şirəli qızı Hacıyeva}}, {{IPA-az|zɑmiræ ʃiræli ɡəzə hɑdʒəjɪvə|}}, born 18 July 1963) is an Azerbaijani woman, currently resident in the United Kingdom. She is married to Jahangir Hajiyev, a former chairman of the International Bank of Azerbaijan who has since been jailed there for financial crimes. In 2018 she became the first recipient of an unexplained wealth order under a new UK anti-corruption law. She was known as "Mrs A" during the legal proceedings before her identity was revealed.[1]

It was disclosed in court that Hajiyeva had spent £16.3 million at London's department store Harrods, as well as several other multi-million pound purchases – expenditure which the British authorities say is out of keeping with her husband's official salary. On 30 October 2018 she was arrested by British police acting on an extradition request from the Azerbaijani government.

Early life and family

Zamira Hajiyeva was born on 18 July 1963. During her first marriage, she had a daughter,[2] Leyla. In 1997 she married Jahangir Hajiyev, later the chairman of the state-owned International Bank of Azerbaijan from 2001 to March 2015. In October 2016, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of fraud, embezzlement, and misappropriation of public funds.[1] The fraud is as much as £2.2 billion.[4]

The couple have two sons.[2] Leyla was recorded in court documents as having a £15 million share portfolio[6] and is married to Anar Mahmudov, the son of Eldar Mahmudov, Azerbaijan's former Security Minister.[3][4]

Kidnapping

In February 2005, Hajiyeva was kidnapped as she left the Magic Lady beauty salon in Baku, and held to ransom. Azerbaijan media and the BBC reported that the kidnap was carried out by the police officer Haji Mammadov (Hacı Məmmədov), chief operating officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his bodyguard who were part of a criminal gang.[5][6][7] An operation codenamed Black Belt resulted in Hajiyeva's release in March of that year. Gunshots were fired during the operation and at least one person died.[8] Mammadov claimed during his trial in 2006 that he was acting on the orders of Zakir Nasirov, head of the Interior Ministry's Chief Criminal Investigation Department.[5]

Move to Britain

In 2006, Hajiyeva moved to UK and was later granted permission to live there by the Home Office under an investor visa.[1] She applied for indefinite leave to remain in 2015; {{as of|October 2018|lc=y}}, it was unclear whether she had subsequently acquired British citizenship.[9]

In 2016, she was placed under arrest in absentia by an Azerbaijan court in connection with her husband's activities.[10][11]

Unexplained wealth order

Since arriving in the UK, Hajiyeva has spent significant sums of money that the British authorities say are out of keeping with her husband's official salary. In 2018, she became the first person to receive an unexplained wealth order under a new UK anti-corruption law,[1] and has to provide a "clear account" of the source of her spending, which included:

  • Spending £16.3 million between 2006 and 2016 at London's upmarket department store Harrods.[1][12]
  • Purchasing a five-bedroom house in Walton Street, Knightsbridge, close to Harrods, for £11.5 million using a British Virgin Islands company in 2009.[12][6]
  • Spending £10.5 million on the purchase of the 170-acre Mill Ride golf and country club in Ascot, Berkshire.[12][13]
  • The purchase of £100,000 worth of Cartier jewellery.[1]
  • Spending $42 million on a Gulfstream G550 jet.[1]

Hajiyeva has been in custody since 30 October 2018, after being arrested by the British police acting on an extradition request from the Azerbaijani authorities in connection with two charges of embezzlement.[14][15]

In November 2018, the National Crime Agency seized 49 items of jewellery worth around £400,000 from Mrs Hajiyeva and in January 2019 they seized a diamond Cartier ring worth almost £1.2 million.[16]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45812210|title=Woman who spent £16m in Harrods revealed|first=Dominic|last=Casciani|date=10 October 2018|publisher=|accessdate=10 October 2018|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}
2. ^{{cite news |last1=O'Neill |first1=Sean |title=‘Mrs McMafia’ Zamira Hajiyeva was waved into Britain |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mrs-mcmafia-zamira-hajiyeva-was-waved-into-britain-b0r33s20l |accessdate=11 October 2018 |work=The Times |date=11 October 2018}}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Azerbaijan: Media report former MNS head created 'shadow government' and prepared overthrow |url=https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2015/10/23/azerbaijan-eldar-mahmudov/1467790 |accessdate=10 October 2018 |work=Panorama.am |date=23 October 2015}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Family wealth of former National Security Minister |url=https://www.meydan.tv/en/site/politics/11984/Family-wealth-of-former-National-Security-Minister.htm |accessdate=10 October 2018 |work=Meydan TV |date=19 February 2016}}
5. ^[https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/829625.html Hacı Məmmədov: "Cahangir Hacıyevin arvadını oğurlamağı Zakir Nəsirov sifariş edib".] Trend News Agency, 9 August 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
6. ^[https://www.bbc.com/azeri/azerbaijan-42219083 Hacı Məmmədov kim idi?] BBC, 4 December 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. ^[https://www.bbc.com/azeri/azerbaijan-45816569 Zamirə Hacıyeva kimidir?] BBC, 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
8. ^[https://archive.is/XloeA Vətəndaş Zamirə Şirəli qızı Hacıyevanın oğurlanması cinayətinin açılması üçün görülmüş əməliyyat-axtarış tədbirləri barədə.] Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 11 March 2005. Archived at archive.is Retrieved 10 October 2018.
9. ^Unmasked! The fraudster's wife who splashed £11.5m on a Knightsbridge mansion. 11news.ru 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
10. ^Ex-head of Azerbaijan’s largest bank embezzled €125mn, finds investigation. bne Intellinews, 24 June 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
11. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44954587 Harrods big spender fights to keep mansion.] Dominic Casciani, BBC News, 25 July 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
12. ^{{cite news |last1=Neate |first1=Rupert |title='McMafia' law: woman who spent £16m at Harrods is jailed banker's wife |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/10/wife-of-mcmafia-banker-with-16m-harrods-spending-habit-named |accessdate=10 October 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=10 October 2018}}
13. ^{{cite news |last1=Bentham |first1=Martin |title=Revealed: name of £16m Harrods big spender facing McMafia-style 'dirty money' probe |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/revealed-name-of-16m-harrods-big-spender-facing-mcmafiastyle-dirty-money-probe-a3958441.html |accessdate=10 October 2018 |work=The Evening Standard |date=10 October 2018}}
14. ^{{cite news |last1=Crawford |first1=Angus |title=Woman who spent £16m in Harrods arrested |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46108803 |accessdate=7 November 2018 |work=BBC |date=6 November 2018}}
15. ^{{cite news |last1=Pegg |first1=David |title=Police arrest woman who spent £16m in Harrods |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/06/police-arrest-zamira-hajiyeva-spent-16million-pounds-harrods |accessdate=7 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=6 November 2018}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/1547-1m-diamond-ring-linked-to-first-uwo-case-seized|title=National Crime Agency - £1m diamond ring linked to first UWO case seized|website=www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk|access-date=2019-01-15}}

External links

  • Interpol still not looking for Zamira Hajiyeva, in Azerbaijani
  • [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-0032018-criminal-finances-act-unexplained-wealth-orders/circular-0032018-unexplained-wealth-orders Unexplained wealth orders] from UK Government
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