A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced Salim Abduvaliyev, a businessman once described in a U.S. diplomatic cable as a “Tashkent mafia chieftain,” has been sentenced to six years in prison for arms trafficking. The judge presiding over Abduvaliyev’s trial at Tashkent’s Mirabad district court waived imposing a sentence for a smuggling charge due to the statute of limitations, the court said in a statement released on March 23. The verdict was handed down on March 19, but it is common for court rulings in Uzbekistan to be reported several days after the fact. Abduvaliyev, 73, was detained in Tashke…