Gafur Rakhimov () (born July 22, 1951) is an Uzbek businessman and sports administrator who was the president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for 20 months until his resignation in July 2019.
Biography Rakhimov was born July 22, 1951, in Tashkent. He took up boxing as a youth and later moved on to coaching. After Uzbekistan's independence in 1991, he set up several commercial enterprises, which included trading in both raw materials and finished consumer goods. In March 1991, he founded Agroplus, an export-import company, and was in charge of it from 1991 to 1993. He also became a prominent figure in Central Asian boxing. In 2001 and 2005 he was elected vice-president of the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan.Gafur Rakhimov's official website - Bibliography
On 25 May 1998, Yuri Shchekochikhin accused Rakhimov along with KGB Major General Evgeny G. Khokholkov, who headed URPO in the FSB, and Salim Abduvaliev of very unusual activities.
According to Alexander Litvinenko, both Rakhimov and Salim Abduvaliev are closely associated with a Vladimir Putin organized narcotics trafficking network that is close to the Izmaylovskaya mafia (OPG) the Tambov Russian mafia (OPG), Evgeny Khokholkov (), an Uzbek KGB who was head of FSB, Vyacheslav Ivankov () Yaponchik, who governed Uzbek networks in America, and Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov () Taiwanchik, who governed Uzbek networks in Europe, with heroin from Central Asia including Afghanistan and cocaine from Colombia through the St. Petersburg's Sea Port () to Europe.Litvinenko, Alexander Схема связей преступного мира, нарисованная Литвиненко (Litvinenko's diagram of the connections of the underworld) Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.Радио Озодлик (Radio Ozodlik) (24 February 2016). Литвиненко утверждал о связях «узбекских бандитов Гафура и Салима» с Путиным (Litvinenko claimed links between "Uzbek bandits Gafur and Salim" with Putin). Радио Озодлик. Retrieved 18 August 2021.Литвиненко, Александр (Litvinenko, Alexander) (2002). ЛПГ (Лубянская преступная группировка) (LPG (Lubyanka criminal group)). Retrieved 18 August 2021.Литвиненко, Александр (Litvinenko, Alexander) (2002). Глава 4. Узбекский след (Chapter 4. Uzbek trace). Retrieved 18 August 2021. Robert Eringer confirmed this.
On 23 February 2012, the US Department of the Treasury put financial sanctions on Rakhimov and several other individuals, accused of being part of the so-called Brothers' Circle criminal organization.Treasury Imposes Sanctions On Key Members Of The Yakuza And Brothers' Circle Criminal Organizations Nevertheless, Rakhimov has never been charged with any crime in any country. He has won defamation suits at the high courts in Britain, Australia and France.
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