Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, pleaded guilty to eight offences under section 21A of the Terrorism Act 2000 during a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday (May 9).
The art dealer, who has also appeared on Antiques Road Trip, was charged with failing to disclose information about transactions in the regulated art market sector between October 2020 and December 2021.
He is the first person to be charged with the specific offence.
Described as an “expert” in a Bargain Hunt Q&A on the BBC’s website, Ojiri said he was “absolutely obsessed” with collecting contemporary art, paintings, prints, sculpture and drawings.
He has also appeared on the broadcaster’s Antiques Road Trip since 2021.
The charges relate to a period from October 2020 to December 2021.
They were authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service following an investigation into terrorist financing by officers from the Met’s National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit, the force said.
The Treasury, HMRC and the Met’s Arts & Antiques Unit were all also involved in the probe.
