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Is Saddam Hussein's fortune in a warehouse in Moscow? Mystery over £16.75bn piles of cash left at airport for six years | Mail Online
Is Saddam Hussein's fortune in a warehouse in Moscow? Mystery over £16.75bn piles of cash left at airport for six years.
The stash, now under high security in a cargo depot, is held on 200 wooden pallets each worth 100 million euros, enough to keep the entire NHS going for almost two months.
Russian customs have demanded the real owner of the booty "presents himself" to claim the fortune, but while a number of bogus and unconvincing attempts have been made to obtain it, no-one has satisfied the authorities that they are the rightful recipient.
Is Saddam Hussein's fortune in a warehouse in Moscow? Mystery over £16.75bn piles of cash left at airport for six years.
- Cash in 100 euro notes is stored on wooden pallets
- Each of the 200 pallets is worth 100million euros
- Money was sent to Moscow from Frankfurt in 2007
- Documents show the sender was a 45-year-old Iranian
- No recipient listed but sources say it could belong to Saddam Hussein
- Other theories are that it belonged to Colonel Gaddafi, a Mafia operation linked to the state, or corrupt officials
- Unsuccessful attempts have been made to claim the fortune that would make the owner richer than Roman Abramovich
The stash, now under high security in a cargo depot, is held on 200 wooden pallets each worth 100 million euros, enough to keep the entire NHS going for almost two months.
Russian customs have demanded the real owner of the booty "presents himself" to claim the fortune, but while a number of bogus and unconvincing attempts have been made to obtain it, no-one has satisfied the authorities that they are the rightful recipient.