France Arrests Fugitive Trader as Norway Prepares Extradition

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Thursday, May 1, 1997
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
13
Issue: 
5
188
Abstract: 
On April 10, 1997, the French police arrested Mr. Birger Ostraat, the former head of a London-based currency trading scheme, after he fled Norway in December when he lost his appeal against a seven-year prison sentence for misuse of client funds and related charges ... [more]