Russian gang leader Vladimir Tatarenkov, who was extradited to Moscow from Greece on July 21, will be transferred to the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk in the near future, a police source said on Thursday.
"Tatarenkov... was taken to a detention facility in Moscow. According to preliminary data, he will be soon transferred to Krasnoyarsk," the source said.
Tatarenkov, who is believed to have been a key figure in organized crime in the Siberian Russian regions of Khakasia and Krasnoyarsk during the early 1990s, is accused of setting up a gang and killing eight of his rivals in Russia's booming aluminum industry.
He was put on international wanted list after fleeing Russia and was arrested in Greece in August 1999 for the illegal possession of weapons.
RIA Novosti
