The Prodigal Daughter‏

prodigal-daughter Since her divorce and return to Uzbekistan in 2001 Gulnara Karimova, the elder daughter of President Islam Karimov, has received some US$1 billion worth of shares and payments from mobile phone companies in exchange for her influence. The amount is far higher than previously revealed. The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has obtained records showing how the president’s daughter wielded her familial power, applied pressure to major companies, and obtained her mass wealth. Read more