Former ambassador put on the wanted list

The former Azerbaijani ambassador to Ukraine has been put on the wanted list, oxu.az reports. According to the report of the Main Police Department of Baku city, Talat Aliyev is charged under article 179.3.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (large-scale misappropriation or embezzlement).

By a court decision, he was put on the wanted list. Currently, the necessary operational-search measures are underway to detain him and bring him to justice.

T. Aliyev is a well-known diplomat of Azerbaijan. From 2001 to 2010 he was our country’s ambassador to Ukraine. According to local media reports, he embezzled a large amount of public funds during his tenure as ambassador.

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