{
  "id": 8324145,
  "title": "The Uzbek financier who claimed he was kidnapped in Paris last year is now wanted for organizing a kidnapping",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/the-uzbek-financier-who-claimed-he-was-kidnapped-in-paris-last-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T22:26:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/297293"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Uzbek financier Kakhramonjon Olimov, who once claimed to have been kidnapped and tortured in Paris, has now been labeled a suspect in a kidnapping. Uzbek authorities have ordered his arrest in absentia and added him to a list of wanted individuals, according to an undisclosed source. French media outlets have uncovered several inconsistencies in Olimov's kidnapping story, suggesting that it may have been staged.",
  "summary": "Uzbek financier Kakhramonjon Olimov, who in the summer of 2025 claimed that he had been kidnapped and tortured in France, is now himself being formally accused of organizing a kidnapping. The Insider has learned that a court in Uzbekistan ordered Olimov detained in absentia and that he has been placed on an international wanted list, according to a source close to Olimov’s associates. No official…",
  "key_points": [
    "Uzbek financier Kakhramonjon Olimov once claimed kidnapping in Paris",
    "Uzbek authorities ordered his arrest in absentia",
    "French media found inconsistencies in Olimov's kidnapping story"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}