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Notorious Uzbek 'Thief-in-Law' On Trial As Tashkent Targets Powerful Crime Bosses
TASHKENT -- Notorious Uzbek criminal kingpin Bakhtiyor Qudratullaev (aka Bakhti Tashkentsky) and 36 others are on trial in Tashkent in what Uzbekistan says is a campaign against organized crime and street gangs. The charges against Qudratullaev, 52, …