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Kamchy Asanbekovich Kolbayev is an alleged crime boss in Kyrgyzstan. Crimes he has been linked to include murder, drug trafficking, and extortion.<ref name=james>Template:Cite news</ref> The US State Department in 2007 said he was "considered to be the leader of the most influential criminal group in the country",<ref name=statedept>Template:Cite book</ref> and in 2012 US President Obama named Kolbayev "a significant foreign narcotics trafficker", operating as part of the so-called Brothers' Circle criminal society.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was subsequently added to the US Treasury's list of Specially Designated Nationals, preventing him from doing business in the US.<ref name=treasure/> The United States is seeking to dismantle ties to banking and finance that Kolbayev or his associates have constructed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Living in Dubai and Moscow as of 2012,<ref name=treasure/> he may have fled Kyrgyzstan after the 2010 revolution.Template:Citation needed The new government, more hostile to organized crime, detained Kolbayev for a short period of time later releasing him without charge.<ref name=james/> This was not the first time Kyrgyz authorities have decided against branding Kolbayev a criminal; in 2007 a police investigation of his activities was ordered to cease by the then Minister of the Interior.<ref name=statedept/> Kolbayev may have spent time in a Kyrgyz prison earlier in his life, however.<ref name=localnews/>
After the death of Rysbek Akmatbayev in 2006, Kamchy was allegedly crowned a thief in law in a ceremony attended by Vyacheslav Ivankov.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
In 2011, Kolbayev was detained in Abu Dhabi.<ref name=localnews>Template:Cite news</ref> Kyrgyzstan requested his extradition, but this was not granted; he was released in September, 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kolbayev was mentioned in the batch of US diplomatic cables leaked by Wikileaks in 2010.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
