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Tengrinews.kz – A Kazakhstani citizen suspected of organizing an illegal gambling business has been extradited from Azerbaijan. She was brought back to her homeland by officers of the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA), with support from the Kazakh Embassy.
According to the investigation, in 2023, she and her accomplices set up an illegal gambling operation in Almaty, generating a particularly large profit. After that, she went into hiding and was placed on an international wanted list.
In January of this year, the suspect was arrested in Baku. Following a request from the General Prosecutor’s Office, she was extradited to Kazakhstan. She is currently being held in a pre-trial detention center in Almaty.
The crime carries a penalty of imprisonment ranging from four to seven years, along with the confiscation of assets.
