The key facts

  • The BMW X5 owner's lawsuit will be considered by the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow on December 1 after a preliminary hearing on November 9
  • The car was bought in South Korea in October 2025, duties and the recycling fee were paid, but in April it was seized due to a wanted status initiated by Germany
  • The city police headquarters objects: the wanted record appeared in the system in early April, and the Interior Ministry is technically unable to delete it from international databases

Court sets hearing date in lawsuit by owner of wanted BMW

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow will consider on December 1 the lawsuit of BMW X5 owner Dmitry Pak, who demands that the car be removed from the Interpol wanted records and that the ban on registration actions be lifted. The date of the main hearing was set after a preliminary hearing held on November 9. The case is reported by Life.ru and Gazeta.Ru (citing RIA Novosti).

How the car ended up on the wanted list

Pak bought the BMW X5 in South Korea in October 2025, paid customs duties and the recycling fee in Russia, registered the car and obtained license plates. According to him, at the time of import and registration there was no information about any wanted status, and the data on the alleged theft in Germany is not documented. He learned about the wanted status initiated by Germany in April from traffic police officers: the car was seized and then handed over to the owner for safekeeping, which he does not use. Russian law enforcement did not open a criminal case; they notified the German side that the car had been found and asked whether the wanted status remained in force and whether Germany intended to seek the car's return — no answer has been received yet.

The Interior Ministry's position and what comes next

A representative of the Moscow city police headquarters did not accept the lawsuit. According to him, the wanted record appeared in the system in early April, the Interpol search is being conducted lawfully, and the Russian Interior Ministry can only view information in international databases but is technically unable to delete it. Thus, the decision on the merits depends on the court, while the key question — the fate of the German request — remains open: no response has been received from the German side. For the owner, the practical stakes are high: without lifting the wanted status and the ban on registration actions, the car, formally held by him in safekeeping, remains under threat of seizure.