Turkey asks UAE to repatriate mob leader Peker -Anadolu

FILE PHOTO: A man watches a video of Sedat Peker, a convicted Turkish mob boss whose online videos viewed over 100 million times - in which he has made uncorroborated allegations about top Turkish officials close to President Tayyip Erdogan, at a cafe in Istanbul, Turkey June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has sent a request to the United Arab Emirates to detain and repatriate Sedat Peker, a convicted Turkish mob boss, after Interpol issued a red notice for him, the state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday.

Peker, 50, rose to prominence in the 1990s as a gangland figure and was sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2007 for crimes including forming and leading a criminal gang. He was released several years ago.