Employees of the Prosecutor General's Office extradited a former law enforcement officer from Turkey. He was wanted in connection with the creation of a transnational organised criminal group, illegal gambling operations and abuse of official authority.
According to the press service of the department, in 2015–2016 the suspect held a senior position in one of the state bodies of the East Kazakhstan Region and received monetary compensation for protecting illegal gambling businesses.
After committing the crimes, the accused had been on the international wanted list for 7 years. In January last year, he was detained in Izmir (Turkey), after which he was extradited at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of Kazakhstan. The suspect has now been placed in a pre-trial detention centre.
Other members of the criminal group have already been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The legislation provides for a penalty of 12 to 20 years in prison with confiscation of property for the incriminated acts.
Recall that earlier, a citizen of Kazakhstan wanted for repeated fraud was extradited from Turkey. 52 people were affected by his actions, losing more than 70 million tenge.