Anna-Maria Galojan

Anna-Maria Galojan
Born 23 February 1982
Nationality Estonian

Anna-Maria Galojan (born 23 February 1982) is an Estonian politician, known for her embezzlement conviction in Estonia, her exile in London, and extradition proceedings in the English courts. She is described both as one of Estonia's "most popular politicians and public figures"[1] and the "Estonian Swindler".[2] She describes herself as a "political analyst and dissident."[3]

She was leader of the youth section of the Estonian Reform Party, and stood unsuccessfully for parliament, working on the European movement in Estonia.

In May 2011 she was convicted[4] of embezzling 60,000 euros from the non-profit organisation European Movement Estonia of which she was the CEO. After that she has been in London[5] where she has been fighting extradition.[6][7] She describes herself as being a political refugee, having fallen out with her own party, and others describe the "strange case" in terms of media bias and says the money was misappropriated before she was CEO.[8] On 19 February 2015 she was extradited to Estonia and transferred to Tallinn Prison.[9]

She is also known for her appearance on the cover of Estonian Playboy in 2009.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Eight Questions for Anna-Maria Galojan". Citypaper.ee. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Estonian swindler will strive on a political asylum in Great Britain". Rusnewsjournal.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Looking for justice at home". Baltictimes.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Appeal Rejected - Galojan Headed to Jail". News - ERR. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "London Court Gives Galojan Another Break". News - ERR. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Galojan Appeals Extradition". News - ERR. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Galojan, Kaldalu set up electoral alliance named Protest". News.postimees.ee. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Inno ja Irja kohvik". Innojairja.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Inno ja Irja kohvik". Innojairja.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Galojan extradited to Estonia, arrives in prison". news.err.ee. Retrieved 19 February 2015.