Kyrgyzstan: Customs Kingpin Behind Vast Smuggling Operation Gets $3,000 Fine

(Eurasianet) -- A court in Kyrgyzstan has handed a $3,000 fine to a powerful former customs officials accused by anti-corruption activists of spiriting around $700 million of funds gained from smuggling operations out of the country.

Gulzat Dyikanbayeva, a judge at the Pervomaisky District Court in Bishkek, on February 11...