Sundar Nagarajan, a 65-year-old Indian national, has been extradited to the United States from the UK after being arrested in London on a provisional American warrant related to terrorism financing. Nagarajan, also known as Nagarajan Sundar Poongulam Kasiviswanathan Naga, was apprehended by the Metropolitan Police’s National Extradition Unit in west London on April 18. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service revealed that he is the accountant associated with the finances of the designated Hizballah terrorist organization and is wanted by US authorities for fraud and money laundering charges.
Despite initially challenging his extradition on human rights and dual criminality grounds, Nagarajan consented to face trial in the US. The extradition occurred on December 8. The arrest is part of a coordinated US-UK effort targeting terrorism financing. The investigation, conducted by the National Terrorist Financing Investigation Unit, is linked to suspected terrorist financing and money laundering, with connections to Nazem Ahmad, a wealthy art collector and diamond dealer suspected of funding Hizballah. The UK government had previously announced sanctions against Ahmad and several associates, including Nagarajan.
