FBI highlights extradition of terrorism suspect from Georgia, DOJ expresses gratitude
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The FBI’s New York Field Office released photos on X confirming the extradition of a foreign fugitive from Georgia, marking the end of a ten-year manhunt to bring him to justice.
Davud Ansariy, a native of Uzbekistan and a naturalized US citizen, is scheduled to be arraigned today in Brooklyn federal court. He faces charges of providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations - specifically the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and the al-Nusra Front (ANF) - as well as conspiring to do so.
According to official statements, Ansariy was extradited to the Eastern District of New York from Georgia on September 23, 2026, following his arrest there in August 2026.
Ansariy fled the United States for Turkey in 2016 and had been on the run ever since. As part of a joint law enforcement operation between the Georgian Prosecutor's Office and the US Department of Justice, Georgian authorities located and detained Ansariy on Georgian territory before executing his extradition under established legal procedures.
The U.S. Department of Justice expressed its gratitude to the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia today, commending their strong cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts and their critical role in capturing the fugitive.
