Son of Alleged Smuggling Tycoon Spent $3 Million on London Mosque
The Satuq Bughra Khan mosque in Palmers Green is also a Uyghur cultural and educational center. The owner’s family is...
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Exclusive: Top Trump Adviser Sergio Gor Was Born in the Soviet Union
The birthplace of U.S. President Donald Trump’s director of personnel has been the subject of media speculation — fuelled by...
Latvian Mansion of Uzbek Ex-Interpol Chief to Become Kindergarten
The Ropazi District Council in Latvia plans to convert a luxury mansion confiscated in 2018 from the ex-chief of Interpol’s...
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They Were Accused of Smuggling. Now They’re Partnering With the Uzbek State.
The Abdukadyr family earned hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to their alliance with corrupt officials in neighboring...
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The Abdukadyr Family Made a Fortune in Collusion With Corrupt Central Asian Officials. Now They've Built a Global Business Empire.
Their trading monopoly, built on bribery and alleged smuggling, was exposed. But that hasn't stopped the secretive Khabibula...
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With Backing from Uzbek State, Family Implicated in Smuggling Secretly Funds The Transformation Of Tashkent’s Skyline
President Mirziyoyev promised reforms and transparency. But among the top foreign investors pouring money into his new...
Uzbek President Appoints Daughter to Administration
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev appointed on Monday his eldest daughter to his administration, continuing a...
Kyrgyz Activists March Against Land Swap With Uzbekistan
About 300 people marched on Monday through Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishkek, demanding the release of activists who protested...
Corruption Cash Frozen in Switzerland to Fund Development in Uzbekistan
Switzerland will send US$131 million of corruption money confiscated from the daughter of Uzbekistan’s former president back...
EU Sanctions the Sister of One of Putin’s Favorite Oligarchs
The sister of Uzbek-born oligarch and one of the richest Russians, Alisher Usmanov, was added Friday to the European Union’s...
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A Top Uzbek Official, a Leading Businessman — and the Unknown Woman Who Ties Them Together
The wife of Uzbekistan’s first deputy prime minister has never appeared in public. But now, two separate document leaks —...