{"id":24526,"date":"2024-03-19T09:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iraqs-former-defense-minister-wanted-in-sweden-for-fraud-is-arrested-at-the-stockholm-airport\/19\/03\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T13:55:14","slug":"iraqs-former-defense-minister-wanted-in-sweden-for-fraud-is-arrested-at-the-stockholm-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iraqs-former-defense-minister-wanted-in-sweden-for-fraud-is-arrested-at-the-stockholm-airport\/19\/03\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq&#8217;s former defense minister wanted in Sweden for fraud is arrested at the Stockholm airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 838px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/1hvFQcTF82PTQm7P1EvsMA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xNjIw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ap.org\/f2cb60e851d0df92ec42dd9f9da32115\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse collapsed\">FILE &#8211; Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari speaks to journalists after his meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 23, 2019. Iraq\u2019s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden, suspected of illegally receiving benefits in the Scandinavian country. Prosecutor Jens Nilsson told Swedish broadcasters on Tuesday that Najah al-Shammari was arrested Monday at the Stockholm airport upon arrival to Sweden and that he was wanted by Swedish authorities. (AP Photo\/Hadi Mizban, File)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Iraq\u2019s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden, authorities said Tuesday. He is suspected of illegally receiving benefits in the Scandinavian country.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor <span class=\"caas-xray-inline-tooltip\"><span class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill rapid-nonanchor-lt\" data-entity-id=\"Jens_Nilsson\" data-ylk=\"cid:Jens_Nilsson;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search?p=Jens%20Nilsson\" data-i13n=\"cid:Jens_Nilsson;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jens Nilsson;cid:Jens_Nilsson;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jens Nilsson<\/a><\/span><\/span> told Swedish broadcaster SVT that Najah al-Shammari has been wanted for almost a year and a half. The prosecutor told broadcaster TV4 that al-Shammari was arrested on Monday at the Stockholm airport by upon arrival in Sweden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-9e590c9a116e41d081cde5ebf4c9036a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Swedish media earlier have said that al-Shammari;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Swedish media earlier have said that al-Shammari<\/a> claimed child and housing support for years \u2014 despite living in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Swedish news agency TT said al-Shammari, is registered as living in a Stockholm suburb.<\/p>\n<p>Swedish newspaper Expressen had reported that he moved to Sweden in 2011, received citizenship in 2015 and was reported to authorities, along with his wife, for suspected benefits fraud. He allegedly continued to claim social payments years after returning to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden and its Nordic neighbors are known for providing generous social benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/iraqs-former-defense-minister-wanted-133013736.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE &ndash; Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari speaks to journalists after his meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, in Baghdad, Iraq,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iraqs-former-defense-minister-wanted-in-sweden-for-fraud-is-arrested-at-the-stockholm-airport\/19\/03\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}