Maldives Denies Russian Claims That Secret Service Kidnapped a Politician's Son

Rei (128717) writes As was previously reported here, the Russian government has accused the U.S. Secret Service of kidnapping the son of ultranationalist LDPR MP Valery Seleznev in the Maldives. The son, Roman Seleznev, stands accused of running one of the world's largest carding operations, with others charged in the affair having already been convicted; however, Roman had until recently been considered out of reach in Russia. Now the Maldives has struck back against these claims, insisting that they arrested him on an Interpol Red Notice and transferred him to the US, as they are legally required as an Interpol member state to do. "No outsider came here to conduct an operation," president Abdulla Yameen stated. "No officials from another country can come here to arrest anyone. The government has the necessary documentation to prove it." Note: the Slashdot post linked didn't include the accusations of kidnapping, but the Krebs On Security link above mentions these claims.

Re:Consipricy nuts, go!

[mi]

Face it, the US has more or less become the enemies of global freedom and privacy

Far less so than Russia. Instead of detaining the accused and bringing him in, they would've simply poisoned the man [wikipedia.org].

Re:Carding

[Anonymous Coward]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carding

To be honest, I'm surprised that's considered illegal.