Upon his release from Russian prison on April 9, 2019, he was immediately re-arrested based on an international warrant. In October 2019, he was extradited to Spain to face the charges stemming from the 2005 Operation Avispa. Current Status (April 2026)
Following his Russian prison term, he was released in April 2019 but was immediately detained for extradition to tariel oniani prime crime top
In 2009, Oniani was arrested in Moscow for the kidnapping of a businessman and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in a maximum-security prison. Upon his release from Russian prison on April
(vor v zakone), he led the "Kutaisi" criminal clan and stood at the center of a major conflict with the rival "Tbilisi" clan. Profile and Early Career (vor v zakone), he led the "Kutaisi" criminal
Tariel Oniani , widely known in the criminal underworld by his moniker is a central figure in the history of post-Soviet organized crime . His name is synonymous with the Kutaisi Clan , one of the most powerful and feared factions of the "Thieves-in-Law" ( Vory v Zakone ).