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Britain's 'most wanted' woman arrested in Spain after nine years on the run

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One of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain. Sarah Panitzke, 47, was accused of being involved in a £1 billion mobile phone tax scam and disappeared after standing trial for money laundering offences in May 2013, The NCA said.

She was detained while walking her dogs in Santa Barbara, Tarragona, on Sunday morning (27 February) by the Spanish Guardia Civil as part of an operation supported by HM Revenue & Customs. READ MORE: Axe-wielding man threatens couple in car Panitzke, from Fulford near York, had been the subject of a number of NCA 'most wanted' appeals to find fugitives since she vanished.

She has now appeared in court and has been remanded in custody as extradition proceedings begin. In 2013, she was convicted and sentenced in her absence to eight years following an investigation by HMRC.

Panitzke and her co-conspirators were given jail terms totalling 135 years. NCA International Deputy Director Tom Dowdall said: “Sarah Panitzke has been on the run for almost nine years.

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