Greek Supreme Court frees Israel’s Benny Steinmetz

There was another development in the international legal epic of Israeli businessman Benny Steinmetz: The Supreme Court in Greece today ordered the release of Steinmetz after his detention in the country since October and canceled his order to hand him over to Romania. “The Supreme Court accepted the appeal of Steinmetz,” a source told him to know the case “Reuters” on Wednesday.

In January, the Athens Court of Appeal ordered the delivery of Steinmetz to Romania. After that, after requesting a delivery from Romania for the conviction of Steinmetz to get involved in a plan to seize lands in the country, which was previously affiliated with the Romania Munafi family.

Greece and Cyprus have previously rejected requests for Romania, and an arrest warrant issued by Interpol was canceled against SteinTz. Defense lawyers foiled additional delivery requests in other European countries. The necessary decisions were based on preventing Steinmetz from the notorious prison conditions in Romania.

In October 2024, Steinmetz was arrested upon arrival in Athens on a trip from Tel Aviv. Greece was arrested according to the European detention note issued against Steinmetz. The businessman was released on bail of 5,000 euros. Steintz is now expected to be released from detention and allowing the country to leave.

In addition to his legal problems in Romania, Steinetz is currently resumes a three -year prison sentence in Switzerland, 18 months have been suspended to the Swiss Supreme Court. In 2021, Steinmetz in Switzerland was convicted of paying bribes to officials in Guinea for Mining Rights. According to AFP, a Swiss court refused to appeal Steinmetz against the ruling last November, after which the businessman appealed the country's Supreme Court.

It was published by Globes, Israel Business News – En.globes.co.il – on March 5, 2025.

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