Azerbaijan extradited a citizen of Tajikistan to Uzbekistan

According to the Trend portal, citing the press service of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan, a 43-year-old citizen of Tajikistan was detained in Azerbaijan at the request of Uzbekistan.

“The General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan granted the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Uzbekistan for the extradition of Tajik citizen Saodat Mahmudova, born in 1979, who is accused of committing fraud in Uzbekistan and has been wanted by the law enforcement agencies of that country since 2021,” the statement notes.

Saodat Mahmudova’s location in Azerbaijan was identified in February of this year, she was detained, and a preventive measure in the form of arrest was applied against her.

It is reported that Saodat Mahmudova was extradited to Uzbekistan “accompanied by a special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice.”

The opinion of the extradited individual or her lawyer is currently unavailable. Details of the case are also unknown.