18 Oct, 2024 @ 19:54
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BREAKING: British ‘undercover agent who spied for Spanish spooks’ ordered to be extradited to Spain to face money laundering charges

Paul Blanchard

A BRITISH accountant has claimed he has been ‘thrown under the bus’ by a UK court after it ordered him to be extradited to Spain to face longstanding money laundering charges.

Paul Blanchard, 79, who will appeal the verdict, has maintained that he was acting as an ‘undercover spy’ for Spanish police when he worked for known mobsters and terrorists at the turn of the millennium.

However, he ended up being charged with the very crimes he was supposedly spying on in Spain, who have twice now tried to extradite him from the UK.

“The judge made some very serious factual errors during the court case,” Blanchard told the Olive Press after the decision was made.

READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: British accountant facing extradition to Spain claims he is being ‘silenced’ for ‘providing intelligence that could have foiled London and Madrid terror attacks’

Paul Blanchard, 79, will appeal the decision

“He disregarded all the evidence which proves I was an undercover state agent for the Spanish security services.

“But we will appeal the court in England, just like we appealed the last extradition case in 2018 – and won.”

Blanchard previously told the Olive Press he was feeding Spain’s CGI intelligence services information on groups such as the IRA, the Russian mafia and Al Qaeda.

That is, until the CGI burned their star man – codename ‘Isabella’ – in 2004 and denied to British cops that he was their agent when they suspected him of criminal involvement.

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Blanchard claimed he was originally recruited by Spanish spooks when he brought them evidence of criminal activity by alleged mob boss Mohamed Derbah, in Tenerife.

However, the police could never make charges stick on Derbah – reportedly the right-hand man of British mafia don John ‘Goldfinger’ Palmer  – until now. 

The Olive Press exclusively revealed that the feared figure, rumoured to control the island with an iron fist, is set to stand trial in Madrid.

Blanchard claims that the evidence he compiled over twenty years ago while working for Spanish spooks will be crucial during the court case. 

Walter Finch

Walter Finch, who comes from a background in video and photography, is keen on reporting on and investigating organised crime, corruption and abuse of power. He is fascinated by the nexus between politics, business and law-breaking, as well as other wider trends that affect society.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
He got his first break in the business working on the Foreign News desk of the Daily Mail's online arm, where he also helped out on the video desk.
He then decided to escape the confines of London and returned to Spain in 2022, having previously lived in Barcelona for many years.
He took up up a reporter role with the Olive Press Newspaper and today he is based in La Linea de la Concepcion at the heart of a global chokepoint and crucial maritime hub, where he edits the Olive Press Gibraltar edition.
He is also the deputy news editor across all editions of the newspaper.

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