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- 26 September 2008, 17:43
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
On September 26, 2008, upon request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Czech Republic extradited Russian citizen Yuri Shevkunov to Russia.
The investigative authorities charged Shevkunov with crimes defined by Article 126, part 3 (abduction of a person committed by a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy, acting from mercenary motives), Article 186, part 3 (manufacture for the purposes of sale and sale of counterfeit foreign currency committed on a large scale by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The investigative authorities revealed that in October 1997, in Omsk, Yu.Shevkunov as a member of an organized criminal group abducted a person and manufactured for the purposes of sale and sold a large amount of counterfeit foreign currency (US dollars).
The Omsk Regional Court is inquiring into the criminal case against Yu.Shevkunov.
In July 2007, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation sent a request for extradition of Yu.Shevkunov to the competent authorities of the Czech Republic, which was satisfied in September 2008.
Yu.Shevkunov will be surrendered to the Russian law-enforcement authorities for 3 months to face criminal prosecution and punishment, in case he is found guilty of crimes committed in Russia.
As soon as the sentence enters into force, Yu.Shevkunov will be returned to the Czech Republic to service his other sentence because the District Court of Hradec Králové sentenced him to 10 years in prison for the crimes committed in the Czech Republic.
After serving his sentence in the Czech Republic, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation will again forward a request for extradition of Yu.Shevkunov to serve his sentence in Russia.
Today, Shevkunov will be extradited to Russia under the escort of officers of the Russian Interpol Bureau and the Penitentiary Service of Russia.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
26 September 2008, 17:43
Extradition of Russian Citizen Yuri Shevkunov, Charged with Grave Crimes, from the Czech Republic to Russia
On September 26, 2008, upon request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Czech Republic extradited Russian citizen Yuri Shevkunov to Russia.
The investigative authorities charged Shevkunov with crimes defined by Article 126, part 3 (abduction of a person committed by a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy, acting from mercenary motives), Article 186, part 3 (manufacture for the purposes of sale and sale of counterfeit foreign currency committed on a large scale by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The investigative authorities revealed that in October 1997, in Omsk, Yu.Shevkunov as a member of an organized criminal group abducted a person and manufactured for the purposes of sale and sold a large amount of counterfeit foreign currency (US dollars).
The Omsk Regional Court is inquiring into the criminal case against Yu.Shevkunov.
In July 2007, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation sent a request for extradition of Yu.Shevkunov to the competent authorities of the Czech Republic, which was satisfied in September 2008.
Yu.Shevkunov will be surrendered to the Russian law-enforcement authorities for 3 months to face criminal prosecution and punishment, in case he is found guilty of crimes committed in Russia.
As soon as the sentence enters into force, Yu.Shevkunov will be returned to the Czech Republic to service his other sentence because the District Court of Hradec Králové sentenced him to 10 years in prison for the crimes committed in the Czech Republic.
After serving his sentence in the Czech Republic, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation will again forward a request for extradition of Yu.Shevkunov to serve his sentence in Russia.
Today, Shevkunov will be extradited to Russia under the escort of officers of the Russian Interpol Bureau and the Penitentiary Service of Russia.
