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GULNARA KARIMOVA: SWISS SAY UZBEKISTAN EX-LEADER'S DAUGHTER RAN HUGE CRIME
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Gulnara Karimova spent a fortune on her luxury lifestyle

Swiss prosecutors have charged Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan's
former president, with running an international crime syndicate that laundered
hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes.

The authorities have seized assets worth SFr 780m (£700m; $857m) in the probe,
covering the period 2005-2013.

Karimova has been in jail in Uzbekistan since 2014, convicted of embezzlement.

She denies the bribery charges, which concern lucrative telecoms contracts.

She formerly had a high profile in the ex-Soviet state in Central Asia, wielding
great influence as daughter of its autocratic leader Islam Karimov, who
ruthlessly crushed opposition.

She had her own jewellery line, ran an entertainment television channel and
released pop singles under the name Googoosha.



The Swiss indictment also targets an unnamed businessman who ran the Uzbek
branch of a Russian telecoms firm.

Karimova is accused of taking bribes in return for access to Uzbekistan's
telecoms sector and of laundering the money through Swiss bank accounts and an
elaborate network of accounts in other countries.

Her fake organisation was known as The Office. Besides fraud, the group
allegedly used violence and intimidation in its operation.

In August the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) took control of three luxury
properties worth more than £20m owned by Karimova.

The Swiss federal prosecutors' indictment says the named beneficial owners of
the accounts were "straw men" who concealed the fact that Karimova was the true
beneficiary.

Karimova enjoyed protection as Uzbekistan's ambassador to the United Nations in
Geneva, but lost that immunity in 2013 - at which point Switzerland was able to
expand its investigation into her finances.



Her organisation also came under criminal investigation in Sweden, France,
Norway, the Netherlands, the US and UK.


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