BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 26. The
internationally wanted persons - Firuz Rustamov, citizen of
Uzbekistan, born in 1991, and Xu Pengcheng, citizen of China, born
in 1974, were extradited from Azerbaijan to Moldova and China, the
statement of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office says,
Trend reports.
According to the statement, Rustamov, wanted by the Moldovan
competent authorities on charges of violating the rules of road
traffic and operation of vehicles, and Pengcheng, wanted by the
competent authorities of China on charges of engaging in illegal
businesses, were identified in Azerbaijan during 2025, and a
preventive measure of arrest was chosen for them.
The petitions of the competent authorities of those countries
for the extradition of the mentioned persons were sent by the
Prosecutor General's Office to the Baku Grave Crimes Court for
consideration.
In accordance with the European Convention on Extradition dated
December 13, 1957, and the Agreement on Extradition between
Azerbaijan and China, decisions were made regarding the persons,
and they were extradited to the competent authorities of Moldova
and China, accompanied by a special convoy of the Penitentiary
Service of the Ministry of Justice.
