India, July 10 -- After more than two decades on the run, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has finally brought back businesswoman Monika Kapoor from the United States to face trial in a Rs.1.44 crore gold import scam dating back to the late 1990s.

Kapoor, now in CBI custody, had vanished soon after she was booked in 2002 for allegedly forging export documents and illegally selling import licences, causing massive losses to the government exchequer. Officials said she had been living in the US under the radar, even as Indian courts declared her a fugitive and issued a Red Corner Notice for her arrest.

A Red Corner Notice, also known as a Red Notice, is a request issued by Interpol to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provi...