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Ex-Barclays trader avoids extradition to UK for rate-rigging

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Published on: 05 November 2020
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Law360, London: A former Barclays plc trader in London who fled to his native France before he was convicted of helping to rig a key European interest rate benchmark has won his battle to avoid being extradited to Britain at a French court hearing, his lawyer said on 4 November 2020.

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