Azerbaijan hands over three fraudsters to Uzbekistan

The Azerbaijani Prosecutor-General's Office has said that Azerbaijan handed over three fraudsters to Uzbekistan.

Thus, the Azerbaijani Prosecutor-General's Office granted the requests of the Uzbek General Prosecutor's Office to extradite Uktam Egamnazarov, Dilbahor Dilmuradova, and Otabek Shakarov, accused of committing fraudulent acts in Uzbekistan, who were put on interstate and international wanted list, for prosecution, the Prosecutor-General's Office told Caliber.Az.

While passing border control at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Egamnazarov and Dilmuradova were detained in August 2023 while Shakarov - in September 2023. A preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen.

The decisions were made in accordance with the requirements of the Convention dated October 7, 2002, “On Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Cases” to extradite these people, who were handed over to the Uzbek competent agencies on November 28, accompanied by a special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Justice Ministry.