Javlonbek Ismatov, accused of leading repeated raids on the Karakuton quarry of the Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine, has been extradited from Russia to face charges of theft, money laundering and assault totalling more than $1 million in alleged losses.
A company owned by Nur Muhammed Palvan, son of an alleged Central Asian smuggling tycoon, paid $3 million for a north London church now operating as the UK’s first Uyghur mosque — raising questions about the origin of the funds.
