Washington slaps sanctions on 'Prominent Eurasian Organized Crime Figure'
The United States has imposed financial sanctions on a
Georgian-born "key member" of the Brothers' Circle Eurasian crime
syndicate, Radio Liberty reported.
In a statement, the Treasury Department froze the U.S. assets of
Zahar Kalashov and barred U.S. companies from doing business with
him, describing Kalashov as a "prominent Eurasian organized crime
figure" guilty of money laundering, extortion, arms and drugs
trafficking, and other crimes.
The Brothers' Circle is a network of leaders of several criminal
groups based largely in the former Soviet Union, but also operating
worldwide.
The Treasury also imposed sanctions on Almanbet Anapiaev and Adilet
Kasenov, both of Kyrgyzstan, for ties to Kamchybek Kolbaev, a
previously sanctioned member of the Brothers' Circle.
The statement said Kasenov "reportedly also serves as the 'criminal
governor' of the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan."
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