Ex-UBS trader lost UK deportation appeal

The former London-based UBS trader Kweku Adoboli will not remain in the United Kingdom and will be extradited to Ghana, his country of origin. The Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber issued that judgment, rejecting his appeal to remain in Britain, where he lived from the age of 12 years.

In 2011, Adoboli had been responsible for a loss of $ 1.4 billion, as a result of unauthorized trading. In 2012 he was sentenced to seven years jail for fraud.

"Although it is socially and culturally integrated in the UK, his family was in Ghana," and Mr. Adoboli "had not established that there would be very significant obstacles in his reintegration into life in Ghana", the Court has indicated as reported by the BBC.

During his trial, Mr Adoboli said that UBS staff had been encouraged to take risks until they got "a slap on the back of the wrist" by senior managers.