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Internationally wanted Azerbaijani citizen Akbar Khalilov extradited from Russia on fraud charges

17 November 2025 17:29 (UTC +04:00)

An internationally wanted person has been extradited to Azerbaijan, APA reports, citing the Press Service of the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the information, based on the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation has decided on the extradition of Azerbaijani citizen Akbar Tariyel oghlu Khalilov in accordance with the requirements of the Convention “On Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family, and Criminal Matters” dated 07.10.2002.

Thus, in the criminal case under preliminary investigation at the Garadagh District Police Department of Baku city, reasonable suspicions were established that Akbar Khalilov, using his official position and acting as part of a group of individuals who had conspired in advance, committed repeated fraud. Therefore, a decision was made to charge him as an accused person, and he was placed on an international wanted list.

Akbar Khalilov was detained in the territory of the Russian Federation and brought to Azerbaijan under the escort of a special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.