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Friday, March 1, 2024
Volume:
40
Issue:
3
Abstract:
On February 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the extradition by the Czech Republic of Polad Omarov, a/k/a “Araz Aliyev,” a/k/a “Polad Qaqa,” a/k/a “Haci Qaqa,” on murder-for-hire and money laundering charges in a Superseding Indictment in the Southern District of New York. The Czech Republic arrested Omarov on January 4, 2023.[1]
[1] U.S. Attorney S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Organized Crime Leader Charged With A Murder Plot Directed From Iran Targeting a Journalist, Press Rel. 24-062, Feb. 21, 2024.