Another person, who was put on an international wanted list by INTERPOL's National Central Bureau in the Republic of Azerbaijan, has been extradited to Azerbaijan.
This was reported by the Ministry of Justice.
It was stated that Sergey Sergeev, a citizen of the Russian Federation, who was accused of creating an organized group with several individuals, engaging in the illegal transfer of particularly large sums of money (cryptocurrency) from our country to foreign countries and from foreign countries to the Republic of Azerbaijan, and legalizing a significant amount of criminally obtained property as an organized group (Articles 193-1.3.1, 193-1.3.2, and 206-1.3 of the Criminal Code), was located in the United Arab Emirates and arrested.
Based on the existing bilateral Extradition Agreement with the UAE, the Ministry of Justice, as the competent authority, submitted the relevant request and required documents to the other side, and effective negotiations were conducted. As a result, an agreement was reached regarding the extradition of the said person to our country, and S. Sergeev was brought to our country and placed in the relevant pre-trial detention facility of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, based on the court's arrest warrant.
The Ministry continues to take necessary measures in this area.