Uzbekistan in talks with Belgium over return of $108m belonging to jailed ex-president's daughter, RIA reports

Uzbekistan in talks with Belgium over return of $108m belonging to jailed ex-president's daughter, RIA reports

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan's government is negotiating with Belgian authorities over the return of $108 million in frozen assets belonging to Gulnara Karimova, the jailed daughter of the country's former president, Russian state news agency RIA reported on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Belgian and Uzbek Governments Profit from Termination of DoJ’s Kleptocracy Unit

Central Asia Due Diligence and the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights have identified the latest fallout from the Trump Administration’s destruction of American institutions devoted to fighting global corruption. The governments of Belgium and Uzbekistan have each pocketed $108 million in stolen assets that should have gone to the people of Uzbekistan. In this just released paper, the two human rights NGOs explain how the demise of the Department of J…

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