Jailed McMafia banker 'blocks seizure of Harrods spree wife's £3m jewels'

A JAILED banker whose big-spending wife is fighting “McMafia law” efforts to seize her £3 million jewels is deliberately obstructing the National Crime Agency from his prison cell in Baku, a court has been told as proceedings against the couple’s alleged “dirty money” enter a sixth year.

- Martin Bentham

The NCA claims that jewellery, including a £1.2 million Cartier ring, bought by Zamira Hajiyeva during a spree which included spending £16 million at Harrods, was acquired using money plundered by her husband Jahangir from the Azeri bank where he worked.

It is seeking forfeiture of the jewels but has been stymied for more than a year by a wrangle over whether Mr Hajiyev, who is in prison in Baku, has been served notice of the case.