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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/solicitor-fights-extradition-to-us.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Jeffrey Tesler is accused by American authorities of involvement in a conspiracy to channel bribes to senior government officials in Nigeria" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-solicitor-fights-extradition-to-us.jpg" alt="Jeffrey Tesler is accused by American authorities of involvement in a conspiracy to channel bribes to senior government officials in Nigeria"/></a></p>
<p>A British solicitor is going to the High Court to fight extradition to the United States where he faces corruption charges.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Tesler, 62, from north London, is accused by the American authorities of involvement in a conspiracy to channel bribes to senior government officials in Nigeria.</p>
<p>It is alleged that bribes were paid from a 132 million dollar (£88.4m) slush fund to influence the awarding of a six billion dollar (£4bn) construction contract for a natural gas plant on Bonny Island in Nigeria.</p>
<p>District judge Caroline Tubbs, sitting at City of Westminster Magistrates&#8217; Court in London, rejected Tesler&#8217;s attempts to stay in the UK and said his extradition should go ahead.</p>
<p>He is wanted by the prosecuting authorities in Houston, Texas.</p>
<p>Lawyers for Tesler, who has dual British-Israeli nationality, had argued that the alleged corruption was not an extradition offence.</p>
<p>Sending the solicitor to the US would breach his right to a family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p>
<p>It was also claimed his access to a fair trial was compromised by the passage of time because the alleged crimes date back as far as 1994.</p>
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