10 Kazakhstan’s citizens detained in UAE

Kazakhstan’s citizens detained by the UAE police might face capital punishment. Residents of Kazakhstan’s Uralsk have been indicted on charges of committing murder, frauds and running an organized crime group, according to the Kazakh KTK TV Channel. According to the media, Kazakhstan’s General Prosecutor Office has already started talks on having the Kazakhstan’s citizens extradited. “The crimes include a murder, financial fraud and running an organized crime group (…) No decisions on extraditing any of the 10 people has been made so far”, Vice General Prosecutor Johan Merkel said in an interview for the TV Channel. The crimes committed are considered to be grave crimes in the UAE and are punishable with life terms and death penalty. To detain the Kazakh criminals, the UAE police deployed a massive operation. In the middle of the night they raided a house on the outskirts of Dubai and detained all the people, seizing some PCs and other gadgets. The UAE police promise to consider extraditing the Kazakhs in December.