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- 20 December 2013, 15:44
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
The competent authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands satisfied the request of Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Zvyagintsev on extradition of Russian citizen Vladimir Krasavchikov for criminal prosecution for a range of crimes related to drug trafficking.
An investigation established that Krasavchikov had been an organizer and head of international criminal group, which had been trafficking cocaine on a very large scale since 2003 till 2010.
He was put on an international wanted list in 2010 by order of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. At first Krasavchikov hid in Ecuador, but he had to leave the state after sending a request on his extradition by the Prosecutor General's Office.
In early 2012 he was detained within the territory of the Netherlands. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation promptly prepared and sent all the documents necessary for extradition to the competent authorities of this country.
In the Netherlands interests of Krasavchikov were represented by a big group of Dutch lawyers, who strove for refusal on his extradition by disrupting the extradition process, appealing of decisions, taken by judicial authorities and executive bodies.
The initial decision on extradition of Krasavchikov was taken by the Court of Amsterdam on July 13, 2012. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands approved this decision on Nov 20, 2012 after that stage on taking decision concerning extradition started.
Finally, only at the end of the year as the result of consistent and well-reasoned defense of its position by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in all the Dutch authorities, the decision of the Minister of Security and Justice of the Netherlands on extradition of Krasavchikov entered into force.
In the near future Krasavchikov will be handed over to Russian law enforcement agencies.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
20 December 2013, 15:44
On extradition of Russian citizen Vladimir Krasavchikov, accused of drug trafficking, to Russia from the Netherlands
The competent authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands satisfied the request of Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Zvyagintsev on extradition of Russian citizen Vladimir Krasavchikov for criminal prosecution for a range of crimes related to drug trafficking.
An investigation established that Krasavchikov had been an organizer and head of international criminal group, which had been trafficking cocaine on a very large scale since 2003 till 2010.
He was put on an international wanted list in 2010 by order of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. At first Krasavchikov hid in Ecuador, but he had to leave the state after sending a request on his extradition by the Prosecutor General's Office.
In early 2012 he was detained within the territory of the Netherlands. The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation promptly prepared and sent all the documents necessary for extradition to the competent authorities of this country.
In the Netherlands interests of Krasavchikov were represented by a big group of Dutch lawyers, who strove for refusal on his extradition by disrupting the extradition process, appealing of decisions, taken by judicial authorities and executive bodies.
The initial decision on extradition of Krasavchikov was taken by the Court of Amsterdam on July 13, 2012. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands approved this decision on Nov 20, 2012 after that stage on taking decision concerning extradition started.
Finally, only at the end of the year as the result of consistent and well-reasoned defense of its position by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in all the Dutch authorities, the decision of the Minister of Security and Justice of the Netherlands on extradition of Krasavchikov entered into force.
In the near future Krasavchikov will be handed over to Russian law enforcement agencies.
