The Latest Breaking News from Nazem Ahmad

Bargain Hunt expert loses sentence appeal over sales to ‘Hezbollah financier’

Oghenochuko Ojiri was jailed for two and a half years with a further year on licence in June.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

BBC Bargain Hunt expert to challenge sentence for sales to ‘Hezbollah financier’

Oghenochuko Ojiri was jailed for two-and-a-half years in June.

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025

Picasso and Warhol paintings belonging to ‘Hezbollah financier’ to be sold

The artworks were seized from Nazem Ahmad

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025

Bargain Hunt expert admits failing to report art sales to Hezbollah financier

Oghenochuko Ojiri pleaded guilty to eight offences under section 21A of the Terrorism Act 2000 during a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Bargain Hunt star admits selling £138,000 of artwork to suspected terrorist financier for Hezbollah

The TV art dealer admits knowing he was selling art to a suspected Hezbollah financier

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

Indian man arrested in London faces extradition to US over terrorism charges

Arrest part of wider joint action by UK and US targeting terror financing

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2023

New US Sanctions on Hezbollah-Linked Network

The United States imposed on Wednesday new sanctions on 52 people and companies based in nine countries for assisting Lebanese businessman and art collector Nazem Said Ahmad, accused by Washington of financing Hezbollah. In a press statement, the US Department of State said that in coordination with the Department of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 20, 2023

Hezbollah financier illegally shipped art, diamonds from US, prosecutors say

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged an alleged financier of Lebanon's Hezbollah with evading U.S. sanctions imposed on him by exporting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of diamonds and artwork.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2023

UK imposes sanctions on art collector accused of financing Hezbollah

Nazem Ahmad, who has owned works by Picasso and Warhol, suspected of laundering money for militant group

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

UK sanctions suspected Hezbollah financier

Britain has sanctioned an individual suspected of financing Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, as part of an effort to "disrupt an international terrorist-financing operation", the British government said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Apr 18, 2023