A Bishkek court on August 8 handed a seven-year prison term with a one-year suspension to Maya Alieva, who is the mother of late criminal kingpin Kamchy Kolbaev, on a charge of money laundering. Alieva's lawyer said his client will not be imprisoned at all if she does not violate her parole-like restrictions during the one-year probation period. Kolbaev, who was killed during a police operation in Bishkek in October 2023, was a leader of the so-called Brothers' Circle, a Eurasian drug-trafficking network. In 2014, the U.S. State Department offered a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the disruption of Kolbaev’s financial mechanisms. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service, click here.
Late Kyrgyz Criminal Kingpin's Mother Gets Suspended Sentence
Kamchy Kolbaev, who was killed during a police operation in Bishkek in October 2023, was a leader of the so-called Brothers' Circle, a Eurasian drug-trafficking network.