User:Fleetham/Kamchy Kolbayev

Kamchy Asanbekovich Kolbayev is an alleged crime boss in Kyrgyzstan. Crimes he has been linked to include murder, drug trafficking, and extortion. The US State Department in 2007 said he was "considered to be the leader of the most influential criminal group in the country", and in 2012 US President Obama named Kolbayev "a significant foreign narcotics trafficker". He was subsequently added to the US Treasury's list of Specially Designated Nationals, preventing him from doing business in the US.

Living in Dubai and Moscow as of 2012, Kolbayev may have fled Kyrgyzstan after the 2010 revolution. The new government, more hostile to organized crime, detained him for a short period of time later releasing him without charge. This was not the first time Kyrgyz authorities have decided against branding Kolbayev a criminal; in 2007 a police investigation of his activities was ordered to cease by the then Minister of the Interior. Kolbayev may have spent time in a Kyrgyz prison earlier in his life, however.

In 2011, Kolbayev was detained in Abu Dhabi. While Kyrgyzstan requested his extradition, this was not granted and he was released in September, 2011.

Kolbayev was mentioned in the batch of US diplomatic cables leaked by wikileaks in 2010.