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Spain to extradite former UN official accused of accepting millions in bribes
Vitaly Vanshelboim is extradited for accepting over $2 million in bribes and laundering money linked to nearly $60 million in diverted UNOPS grants, court documents show.
- On Oct 21, Spain's National High Court ordered Vitaly Vanshelboim's extradition to the United States; he was arrested in Spain on a U.S. international warrant.
- The case centers on allegations that Vanshelboim accepted at least $2,000,000 in bribes and diverted over $60 million in UNOPS grants to firms linked to British businessman David Kendrick from September 2015–August 2023.
- A U.N. tribunal last October ordered him to repay $58,800,000, investigators estimated over $3,000,000 in benefits, and he was placed on administrative leave 2021; dismissal January 2023.
- The court found sufficient grounds to extradite on bribery, honest‑services wire fraud and money‑laundering charges while denying three conspiracy counts under Spanish law; Vanshelboim's defence counsel has three days to appeal.
- During testimony earlier this month he said he was being persecuted over a book he began writing in 2023 about U.S. interventions, while a U.N. tribunal found his misconduct caused massive financial losses to UNOPS.
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