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Ex-UBS trader Adoboli detained ahead of deportation

Ghanaian national could now be deported as early as September 10

Ex-UBS trader Adoboli detained ahead of deportation
Photo: Martin Schilt, Artisan Films

Kweku Adoboli, the former trader who lost UBS $2.3bn through unauthorised trading, was detained earlier today in preparation for his deportation from the UK.

Adoboli, who was born in Ghana but has lived in the UK since he was 12, was due to report to police in Scotland, where he lives, this morning as a condition of his bail.

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