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Updated 22.52
JUSTICE MINISTER Alan Shatter has indicated that the process by which Brazil – which Ireland has no formal extradition treaty with – agreed to arrest the solicitor Michael Lynn is one of “reciprocity” between the two countries.
The Minister was responding to news today that Lynn has been arrested by authorities in Brazil five years after fleeing Ireland and leaving behind debts of over €80 million.
In a statement this evening Shatter said he had been very concerned that the State was not in a position to pursue serious criminal charges “against an individual who had moved to Brazil”.
He said: “I have consistently made it clear that it is not acceptable that persons should seek to be immune from the consequences of their actions through evading court proceedings which they face in this jurisdiction.”
The Minister said he directed his Department to make arrangements to allow for the extraditions of persons from Brazil to face charges here with the result that the two countries are now to begin negotiations on a bilateral extradition treaty.
“Importantly, it has also been agreed that, pending the conclusion of the extradition treaty, the two countries would treat extradition requests from each other on the basis of reciprocity,” he said.
As a result Lynn is now facing extradition proceedings but Shatter added that it would not be appropriate to comment any further now or if Lynn is extradited to Ireland to face charges.
Lynn was struck off the solicitors’ register in 2007, after the Law Society found that he had used money belonging to clients to fund his lifestyle and raised €80 million by securing multiple mortgages on the same properties.
Lynn failed to appear at the High Court in Dublin and a warrant was issued for his arrest but the fugitive solicitor moved through a number of European countries before heading to Brazil where he was granted permanent residency in 2011.
It is believed that the authorities here are seeking his extradition to Ireland and that an agreement was recently struck between the two countries. In an earlier statement today the Department of Justice said it does not comment on individual cases.
However, it said it should be noted that Ireland and Brazil agreed to commence negotiations on a bilateral extradition treaty.
“They have also agreed that, pending the conclusion of the extradition treaty, they would treat each other’s requests for extradition on the basis of reciprocity,” it added.
- additional reporting from Hugh O’Connell
First published 1.20pm
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About time he was caught.
He is an agent of the court and a member of the law society both attached to a secrete society
If your autocorrect changes ‘secret’ to ‘secrete’ you would really want to be a biologist or…eeeewwww.
Ya but we won’t see him giving back a penny and we have to foot the bill for court case cause he get free legal aid it’s a f…… Joke
@Laurie, by that logic very few crimes would get prosecuted in this country
i wonder how he managed to be granted permanent residency in 2011 over there. not an easy place to get it never mind even a work visa as they look after their own first and foremost like Canada etc, unlike this kip.
I would say the suitcases full of cash he most likely left the country with might have helped grease the wheels a bit.
Well said harry but i reckon you upset a few people with the truth ,we cannot have a democracy and a true society when people condone criminality no matter who they are ,now minister while your at it bring that vermin out of boston as well we are the laughing stock of europe .
His wife had a sprog over there
Ya that would be true how many get of
shit@ david murphy by the way are you the head of the law society . 80 million will correct my spelling at any time
Have to agree.. Shatter to be fair is actually fairly decent with his job
He is an absolute Cnut. End of story.
you lot have ruled and regulated this country fo9r self with red thumbs for far too long as a one party gang in a secret society in this country ,its time for real change too a just society
He had a kid in Brazil.
What?
Red thumb arseholes
@ jimbohs….. those red thumbs sure want to hide the truth and are the leeches that brought this country down nothing short of robbers in a cartel gang
He was struck off the Roll of Solicitors so your point is ridiculous as is your infantile conspiracy theory.
Good news. Couple of others who could do with their collars being felt as well.
Fair play to the authorities
This lad took from many innocent people trusting a solicitor in good faith with their life savings.
Bring him home for the gathering, I’m sure there’s plenty people here would love to catch up with you Michael!
You mean their wings clip don’t you
hey larry he is not the first solicitor who has cleaned innocent people ,only the ones that are attached to the banks are well protected by the law society .
More Chicken Feed PR gestures from The Sharter.
You don’t have to go as far as Brasil to find bigger fish than Lynn Mr Sharter.
Try taking a look around the room you are in now for a start.
What are we going to get now?
Two years of filling the Indo with pictures of Lynn, as Dennis O’Brien flys Seanie Fitz around in his private Jet??
http://www.politics.ie/forum/current-affairs/193875-denis-seanie-birds-feather-flock-poland.html
For me he epitomised a lot of what was wrong in this country during the Celtic Tiger. In a 2009 interview he claimed he was an ordinary guy who got greedy during the boom as banks doled out money – and he wasn’t going to be a scapegoat – in my opinion, this is the arrogant response of someone who has no concept taking responsibility for their own actions.
Just like Sean Quinn!!
Oh bring him home .Needs to answer a few questions and pay a few bills.
Give him a big box of matches when he gets jail time …..
Any chance we could have David drumm home for a question and answer session !!!
John
You can’t extradite somebody for questioning as you suggest. There must be a stated offence and it would not be legally permissible to charge the person with any other crime once they are returned to the State!
no chance john because if drumm was brought back he could hang a lot of people and cause consternation among the political classes,but when it comes to the banker tax on your house send in the stazi or should i say revenue to rob you but we in FG FF LAB do not give a fcuk about you peasents just keep electing us elite .
Very impressed by the authorities! Now if they would only arrest his wife Brid too. From her behaviour in the courts claiming monies from the sale of their Dublin mansion and her continued collusion with Michael Lynn, along with her “I’m a little victim” persona-surely she too should have questions to answer?!! You can guarantee she is the registered owner of any properties they have acquired in Brazil….oh yes, she has played a part in this too and has equally capitalised on Michaels millions. I really hope the courts go after BOTH of their assets in order to show some sort of justice in our legal system!!!
Sure if his surname was Flynn or Lowry he would be a people’s hero!
give it a few years he will be in the dail shure don’t we love an aul rogue
I hope he runs in my constituency, these are the men we need to fix the system.
Unfortunately there is a predilection in Ireland for such behaviour, I have no clue why this is, perhaps it’s a flawed pedigree kinda thing?
Just in time for the Gathering… oh, I meant The Battering.
♫♫Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree ♫♫
Welcome Home!!
Wouldn’t it be great if they could hold him in a Brazilian prison until his extradition was sorted?? I’m sure he’d be only delighted to come back to Ireland and answer a few questions after that.
“JUSTICE MINISTER Alan Shatter has indicated that the process by which Brazil – which Ireland has no formal extradition treaty with – agreed to arrest the solicitor Michael Lynn is one of “reciprocity” between the two countries.”
Reciprocity? There must be someone here in custody wanted by the Brazilian authorities on a reciprocal basis, if so this should also be part of the news report.
Glad he’s arrested, but would like to see that the legal case is watertight and doesn’t fall on technicalities around extradition grey areas.
Delighted he’s been caught and will – hopefully – be brought to Court and held accountable for what he did. But what about the others? They should all be rounded up and put in the Dock beside Lynn.
this could all be a load of crap. I’m paying no attention to this unless he is arrested at dublin airport.
there is no extradition agreement which is why he picked the country and now has a visa there as his kid was born there. shrewd man.
doubt hell be caught
A bilateral extradition agreement was signed between Ireland and Brazil. Seems to have been done VERY quietly – Michael was clearly not paying attention anyway.
When was that done? If his offences were committed beforehand could he still avoid being deported?
Cute whoorism is alive and well.
I predict him getting away with it though. Any publicity over there will harm him though.
He’ll be a major target for kidnapping if people find out what he’s worth
Ele está preso e será extraditado de acordo com a Polícia Federal do Brasil, regional Pernambuco.
Extradito. Sim. Rapidez!
Michael Lynn idiotas: grande scorchio a la Dave!
You are right on the point, it’s all about the law, its not like Obama sending a swat team of seals into Pakistan to capture Osama bin laden, by all accounts Lynn is a rogue who knows the law, he will be hard to pin down by IR government using a
reciprocal agreement
This could lift the lid on the banks errant ways ; have they thought this through ?
He’s not home yet #Eric there’s a lot of land/sea between Brazil and Ireland. He’ll probably claim asylum on the ground that his life is in danger. Please form an orderly Queue.
He should apply in Tehran we have a consulate out there that isn’t too busy , only 3 passports in the last while !
Ele nao pode pedir asilo aqui no Brasil haja vista o Presidente do Superior Tribunal Federal (a mais alta corte do país) já ter expedido pedido de prisão para ele aqui. Ele está preso esperando os tramites para a extradição.
well that’s exactly what I was thinking Jose ;more or less ; a little less expedido and pedidio ,but apart from that; yes !
Eric, you mean more expedito surely, not less?
Ohh Jose Dirty.
Well as you probably know Dave, and I’m sure my good friend Jose will confirm, if we lessen the pedido then we also have to lessen the expedido ; they are inextricably linked !
I dont speak Portuguese but I think you mean that because we have an extradition order out on him͵ if he wanted to claim asylum this can only be granted by the president or supreme court?
I suggest we reciprocate with Brian Cowen 1st and then see if we can get a 2 for 1 deal.
Even if by some miracle or other he was forced to come back here, the likelihood of him being convicted and jailed for a long period of time is very remote. Well connected fraudsters in Ireland generally don’t get punished!!
idiot
Should send irish football player paul mc shane and probably the rest of the team to collect him.As its the only way he/they will get to Brasil
He should be kicked in the balls on the hour, every hour, for the rest if his days. Absolute w@nk’r
At least he fled because he knew he’d been arrested. The others are still here and seem to know they can brass neck it. Wonder why?
Hope he does some good time when he gets home and he can experience the joys of prison.
Good enough for him
Good!
Never heard of a Brazilian causing one once of trouble in Ireland. Get him back here and his wife Brid too. Smug gits the pair of them. 80 miliion, more than a bit greedy! Doubt they are living in a shanty town in Brazil. 81 or 82 million more like. Bet he squirreled away a bit.
That guys a complete and utter banker… (Flippin’ autocorrect) … Banker… BANKER!!! Damn it.. BANKER!!!*%#
Oh forget it!
His wife must be some deluded trollop,standing by an evil con man ,who duped people out of their hard earned money for his own personal gain.Hard Justice needs to be served.
Exec, deluded ? Oh no. Avaricious ? Oh yes.
If he’d stayed, his sentence would have been long finished… Ronnie Biggs indeed…..
Aw the poor lad he don’t deserve to be arrested, he only ripped off his clients.
He should be sent to prison in Brasil they are the worst!
due to the fear of god and their mothers, they became big fans of 3% warmth over there.
He must have the Lyons tea bring home home competition :)
I hope they throw the book at this lad…and that the book is very heavy and sharpened corners
Whoopee, we can’t even prosecute the thieves and traitors still on the Island, never mind ones on the run,
80 million wow i am droolin
Runaway Solicitor in Brazil… sounds like the title of a light-hearted and upbeat rom-com starring the delightful Sandra Bullock. By selling this to some Hollywood studio we could recoup the €80mill while having a good clean family laugh at the same time…..ahhhh……nice…… oh! will you excuse me? That’s my crack dealer at the door.
One of the first Rats to leave the sinking ship!
Upon his return, he should be paraded William Wallace style through the streets of Kilkenny, I’d certainly have more than a head of cabbage to throw at the scrote.
Was it not the Banks who looked for Michael Lynn to be brought before the court to answer fraud charges relating to how he conned them out of mortgage money they loaned him. He had several mortgage approval on the same property from several banks. The high street banks were firing money at him without checking his applications out. Look what has happened in the intervening years to the general public. Extra money was fired at them from the banks but they could not run away like Michael Lynn. How many people have been let down by Lynn for properties that were never built but paid for in advance. I do not believe that Lynn will be extradited,how can he be if no extradition agreement exists.
Maybe he should have stayed here and joined the disgraced old boys club playing golf in Druids glen and rubbing shoulders with politicians. Then he be grand like the rest them.
Yeah sent him home. Then we can sent a few Brazilians back there.
a few?
Espero que voces venham um dia para o nosso país e serão muito bem recebidos.
Convivemos com milhões de estrangeiros residentes aqui no Brasil.
Ótimas pessoas.
aren’t we all when we smile a lot in hope to get a lot, if not we’re not nice. takes more than a smile however superficial it may be but i do like real smiles. : )
About time he was caught
One of the many crooks who brought down this country. Keep going richard, i want dunne back here. Actions must have consequences.
I wonder will DDI organise a protest for him, I’ve no doubt that they will view him as another victim
Jail the rich, arm the poor.
You can run….but you can’t hide!
Ronnie Biggs comes to mind here.
Cowen left leaving debts of 41,000,000,000 Euro …
Should we not be careful with what we say here to avoid having the Courts say that he couldn’t get a fair trial and thus abandon the case.
Great to hear that he’s been caught and also nice to hear that we are in discussion with Brazil on a bi-lateral extradition treaty. The sooner that happens, the sooner we catch the criminals.
‘Bring Him Home For Xmas’
So happy to hear that this fugitive has been caught hope he will brought before our courts and is convicted and get handed down a very long sentence.
What about the bankers still in Ireland? Who are too blame for a lot more. Nothing will happen too them. This lad is only a tiny fish and they can get him back from Brazil? They can’t get the real ones that live In Ireland.
Never trust anyone from Mayo with your money is the take home message here…
Hang him
Will Drum be next? Not bloody likely as long as his beloved Fine Gael are in power!
My mother was in a car crash and was killed. Her solicitor robbed everything including her wedding band. Law society paid buttons 25 years later. The bastard has just retired from the CPS in Colchester ? Law Society didn’t know ? It’s a joke ?
Dragged back by the ear. Come back ya little b♥*@”x
Esse rapaz foi enviado para o Cotel aqui perto de nossa cidade, Recife.
Coitado dele. Ele vai querer ir embora bem rapido para a Irlanda.
Vamos torcer.
The department needs to get this one right and make sure all the facts are checked before bringing him back. If they f@@k this up its egg on the faces of all the Irish people. Take their time checking the facts and building a water tight case so he does time. Same for that dirt box in Boston.
Remember these guys are the root cause I and some many others are now looking on from other counties. They all need to do time and we need to hold back until the case is so strong that this will happen. Last thing we need is a big fanfare and the images of these guys walking free from the high court.
He’s a dirty piece of shit
And what’s this gonna cost the country ? More court cases with no financial benefit !
Seriously Dorothy? What court cases do you know of that don’t cost money. Justice is hardly a money making industry. Sure the gardai costs money too. Should we dispense with them also?
What we now have is a completly autocratic goverment who have abandoned the rule of law. Willing to change the on a case by case basis to suit their PR needs
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