Revealed: The Luxury Lifestyle Of Alleged Kyrgyz Crime Kingpin

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Social-media posts reveal the life of luxury enjoyed by the family of a former Kyrgyz official allegedly at the heart of a smuggling scheme linked to hundreds of millions of dollars that flowed out of the country. Raimbek Matraimov was implicated in a 2019 investigation by RFE/RL and others, and allegedly promised to pay $24 million to the Kyrgyz treasury before being placed under house arrest last month. He has told RFE/RL he was not involved in moving the money.