A series of extradition cases involving accusation EAWs, where extraditions are being sought to Hungary. The cases relate to what the Hungarian prosecutors say is a very serious telephone scam which took place in Hungary but run from the United Kingdom, whereby some 220 elderly victims (between the ages of 70 and 96) at the hands of some 22 perpetrators were scammed into handing over large sums of money which in aggregate amounted to the equivalent of more than pounds 500,000.
Mr Justice Fordham
[2021] EWHC 3366 (Admin)
Bailii
England and Wales
Extradition
Updated: 06 January 2022; Ref: scu.670473