The North Caucasian Federal District Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee continues investigating a criminal case against members of a criminal community (organization) headed by Aslan Gagiyev. Members of the said criminal community Inal Zaseyev, Robert Bagayev, Ruslan Yurtov, Eric Tautiyev and Dmitry Kodoyev, who were internationally and federally wanted, were held during a joint special operation of investigators of the Investigations Directorate and operatives of the Federal Security Service and the Ministry of the Interior for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania at night on 13 August 2014.
According to investigators, the criminal organization set up and led by Georgian national Aslan Gagiyev started operating in 2007 with over 30 members in it and was specializing in contract murders among other crimes. Its members on 26 November 2008 in the town of Vladikavkaz killed mayor of Vladikavkaz Vitaly Karayev, in March 2008 also in Vladikavkaz they killed Chief of Organized Crime Department of the Russian Ministry of the Interior for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Mark Matsayev. At the same town in December 2008 they killed North Ossetian PM Kazbek Pagiyev and his driver Vladimir Gasiyev. On 1 October 2008, again in Vladikavkaz they killed Head of Criminal Detection Department of the Russian Ministry of the Interior for North Ossetia-Alania Vitaly Cheldiyev and his son Zaurbek Cheldiyev, in October 2013 they killed deputy prosecutor for Promyshlenny district of Vladikavkaz Oleg Oziyev.
Most of the members were killed few years ago. Five of the members are serving in jail. Leader of one of the gangs Oleg Gagiyev was sentenced to life in prison. A criminal case against two more members is being heard in court at present and there is an ongoing investigation against 13 more remanded in custody.
As for the ones held yesterday night, their residence located in the Moscow Region has been searched and investigators confiscated 49 guns of both Russian and foreign manufacture, including 27 submachine guns, 22 pistols, silencers, 36 grenades, over 7 thousand ammunition, improvised explosive devices and explosives, movable radio stations, over 50 sets of traffic police uniforms and other law enforcement agencies.
The guns have been sent for examination, but there are no doubts that it was only a matter of time for the gang members to use them. This way, detention of the gang members helped to prevent new crimes.
The investigators are checking if the detainees were involved in very serious crimes in the city of Moscow and Moscow Region including a conspicuous murder of head of a large finance and leasing company.
The law enforcement authorities have no doubts that the rest of the gang members, who are still at large but wanted internationally and federally, including their leader Aslan Gagiyev, will sooner or later face justice, it’s just a matter of time.
Head of Media Relations V.I. Markin
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