An influential raft in the law was hiding in Prague, the US and the secret service were after the Georgian
Jaroslav Ibehej, spokesman for the National Central Office against Organized Crime (NCOZ), informed about the case on Tuesday, according to him, the arrest took place in the previous days.
“An international arrest warrant has been issued in the United States of America for a citizen of Georgia. The man referred to as the so-called ‘raft in the law’ is suspected of committing especially serious violent crimes on the territory of the USA,” said the spokesperson.
The police did not specify exactly what crimes were involved, nor is it clear how long the suspect was hiding from justice in the capital of the Czech Republic.
The very marking “vor v zákon” means that this is an authority within the Russian-speaking mafia, in this case, according to the spokesperson, we can also talk about a man who belongs to the influential godfathers.
“The man is currently placed in extradition custody, where he remains pending the decision of extradition proceedings to extradite him to the US. In connection with the arrest of the criminal authority, a house search was also carried out in the territory of the capital city of Prague,” Ibehej added, adding that the police also detained his bodyguard.
The criminal proceedings in the case are supervised by the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office in Prague. According to Ibeheje, the search itself and the finale were captured thanks to the close cooperation of the NCOZ with the ÚRN, the counter-intelligence Security Information Service (BIS) and its partners.
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