Foreigner arrested for creating illegal international money transfer system

In the Sabail District Court of Baku, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen against foreign citizen Safari Hamid Gafur in a criminal case investigated by the State Security Service, oxu.az reports. He was detained as part of an investigation into organizing illegal international money transfers without state registration.

Prosecuted under Article 206-1 (activities of illegal transfer of funds from the Republic of Azerbaijan to a foreign country or from a foreign country to the Republic of Azerbaijan) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Hamid Safari is accused of organizing 1,379 illegal secret transactions for the transfer of currency worth millions of manats .

Among the persons to whom funds were transferred to Azerbaijan through the above-mentioned network were those convicted of various crimes, as well as radical extremist groups.

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