Dagestan and Chechnya entered the top 10 regions by the number of wanted defendants

Dagestan ranks third among the regions of the Russian Federation in terms of the number of wanted citizens who are accused in criminal cases. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there were 3,062 of them in the republic in January-September.

Chechnya is in ninth place, with 1,628 defendants wanted. In 2023, there were 1,568 of them.

The largest number of those declared wanted are residents of Moscow - 9.5 thousand. It is followed in the ranking by Krasnodar Krai (3.4 thousand). In total, 70 thousand people were wanted for committing crimes in Russia in the first nine months of this year.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 35 murders were committed in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in 2023. This is twice as many as in 2022 (14). In Chechnya, 20 murders were recorded, while in 2018-2022 there were no more than 18 per year. In addition, in a number of regions of the North Caucasus Federal District, the number of detected extortions increased. In Ingushetia, 10 such crimes were committed in 2023, while previously there were no more than 5 per year. The extortion statistics in North Ossetia (35) and Stavropol Krai (234) turned out to be record-breaking.

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