Citizen Orlov Gheorghii (Nazaruc) was extradited to the Republic of Moldova from Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. He was wanted by Interpol and had an arrest warrant issued against him, IPN reports.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases, Orlov Gheorghii fled to Ukraine in order to avoid criminal liability for offenses committed in the Republic of Moldova. He used false identification papers of a Russian citizen.

The arrested man is supposedly the member of an international criminal group. In Odessa city, he had meetings with representatives of local criminal circles.