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CHF 130 million to be returned to Uzbekistan in money laundering investigation

News Team, 25/06/2019

As part of a six year-long investigation by the Swiss authorities, CHF 130 million in forfeited assets will be returned to Uzbekistan.

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has uncovered evidence of a scheme illegally collecting large sums of money from companies looking to enter or continue their activities on the Uzbek market.

The authorities found the funds were then laundered abroad, primarily in Switzerland.

In May 2018, following two judgments from the Appeals Chamber of the Federal Criminal Court (FCC), a summary penalty order issued by the OAG against a relative of Gulnara Karimova, t...


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