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 led by Georgian national Aslan Gagiyev.
It was reported earlier that on 27 January 2015, Ivan Bagayev known in criminal circles as Tolik wanted around the world was detained in Montenegro. He had a fake Ukrainian passport, but despite that he was identified at once.
On 18 July 2015, competent bodies of Montenegro extradited Bagayev to the Russian Federation and his was placed in custody in Moscow, from where he will soon be transported in North Ossetia-Alania for investigation.
Bagayev’s role in Gagiyev’s gang was to provide battle groups with means for committing crimes, namely with guns, ammunition and transport. He was directly involved in the following crimes: attempt on the life of Chief of the office of Crime Detection Department of the Ministry of Interior for North Ossetia-Alania Vitaly Cheldiyev and murder of his son Zaurbek in Ocrober 2008; murder of deputy prime minister of North Ossetia-Alania Kazbek Pagiyev and his driver Vladimir Gasiyev on 31 December 2008.
The criminal organization set up and led by Aslan Gagiyev started operation in 2004 and had over 53 members. They committed over 48 crimes as a result of which 63 people were killed in Moscow, Moscow Region and North Ossetia-Alania including law-enforcement officers, officials of republican and city levels, businessmen and others.
By the present time several of the members have been sentenced to long terms in prison and leader of one of the gangs Oleg Gagiyev to life in prison. 16 more persons are under arrest and 9 others are on international and federal wanted lists, 3 of whom including Gagiyev were apprehended abroad and are waiting to be extradited to Russia. The criminal case against 6 other gangsters is being tried in a court.
The investigation is ongoing.
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