Mark Thatcher stays in Gibraltar while reports indicate a possible kidnap attempt against him

Mark Thatcher stays in Gibraltar while reports indicate a possible kidnap attempt against him
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By h.b. - Apr 2, 2008 - 12:49 PM

Sir Mark Thatcher - Archive Photo EFE

The allegation is that a Russian gang has been given the job of kidnapping Sir Mark and taking him to Equatorial Guinea

There are more claims in the press today about the situation of Sir Mark Thatcher who got married in a quiet ceremony on Gibraltar last week.

The Gibraltar Chronicle met him in the Rock Hotel yesterday and he told the paper that he would be on the Rock for a few days. He dismissed the suggestion, made in some parts of the Spanish media, that Sir Mark had returned to rock from Spain as he is wanted by the authorities in Equatorial Guinea, the former Spanish colony, after being implicated in the alleged funding of a coup attempt there in 2004. There is no extradition treaty in place between the UK and Gibraltar and the African country.

However Margaret Thatcher’s son denied that was his reason for remaining in Gibraltar, despite some reports of him owning property in Sotogrande, or renting in Marbella, over the border in Spain.

Today brings new reports from the specialist United States newsletter, G2 Bulletin, have claimed that British agents based on the Costa del Sol have intercepted phone calls made between members of the Equatorial Guinea regime and a Russian gang called the Rising Sun. The reports say that the gang is involved in shipping cocaine into Europe, via Spain and West Africa.

The Gibraltar Chronicle says there is little evidence to indicate that Sir Mark is concerned about any possible kidnap plot which has been alleged.

More information from the Gibraltar Chronicle here.

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