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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jordan Reynolds

BBC Bargain Hunt expert jailed over art sales to ‘Hezbollah financier’

Art dealer Oghenochuko Ojiri is believed to be the first person charged with the specific offience (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

A BBC Bargain Hunt art expert who failed to report a series of high-value art sales to a man suspected of financing militant group Hezbollah has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, sold artwork worth around £140,000 to Nazem Ahmad, a man designated by US authorities as a suspected financier for the Lebanese organisation.

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