TBILISI -- Georgian authorities have extradited to the United States two men wanted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for money laundering.
The U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi identified the two men on Facebook on May 2 as DEA "fugitives Mohamad Yassine and Hassan Abdul Rahman."
"Yassine is the leader of a Lebanon-based money laundering organization used by criminal entities to launder drug proceeds around the world. In September 2021, DEA facilitated Yassine's and Rahman's arrest in Tbilisi International Airport by the Central Criminal Police Department," the embassy said in a statement.
In March, Georgia's Supreme Court approved the two suspects' extradition.
According to the embassy, the extradition of the two men is "the first removal of a DEA fugitive from Georgia."