Baku: Cooperation with the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the fight against crime continues successfully, Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan told APA.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, in accordance with the requirements of the “Convention on Legal Aid and Legal Relations in Civil, Family, and Criminal Matters” dated October 7, 2002, the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan regarding the extradition of Azerbaijani citizen Shahin Hamdulla Mammadov has been granted by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In a criminal case under preliminary investigation by the Main Department for Combating Cybercrime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reasonable suspicions were established that Shahin Hamdulla Mammadov committed a criminal act stipulated in Article 178.3.2 (fraud committed causing significant damage) of the Criminal Code, and a decision was made to involve him as a defendant and an international search was issued for him.

Shahin Mammadov was detained in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and, under the escort of a special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, was brought to Azerbaijan today.