Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) —  Khaticha Dzhafarova, a 73-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, has been deported from Istanbul, Türkiye, to Uzbekistan.

According to the Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Istanbul, she had been wanted in Uzbekistan since 2014 on suspicion of involvement in a series of crimes.

The woman was apprehended during a joint operation conducted by the ministries of internal affairs of Türkiye and Uzbekistan.

Between 2011 and 2013, while holding senior positions in the banking and financial sectors, Dzhafarova organized a criminal group. Together with accomplices, she established fictitious companies, laundered money, misappropriated property, and committed fraud.