Son of Longtime Azerbaijani Oil Official Owns Luxurious London Flat Worth Over $20 Million
Until last year, Rovnag Abdullayev headed Azerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, where he made a modest official salary. Yet...
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Azerbaijani Strongman’s Business Partner Builds Property Empire in Georgia
Turkish businessman Emin Uchar has made a fortune in Nakhchivan, an autonomous Azerbaijani territory between Iran, Turkey,...
Georgian Official: Ruling Party Founder Ordered Azeri Journalist’s Abduction
A former high-ranking official of the Georgian State Security Service accused the former prime minister of personally...
U.S. Advances Legislation to Stop Enablers of Money Laundering
In what will mark a significant reform for U.S. anti-money laundering laws, the House Armed Services Committee approved the...
Azeri Journalist Threatened With Knife for Covering Controversial Trial
An unknown man threatened a prominent Azerbaijani journalist with a knife and ordered her to stop reporting about a...
Azerbaijani President Replaces Central Bank Governor With a Loyalist
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appointed the chairman of a bank owned by his family members as the new governor to the...
Azeri Politician Bought Two London Homes During Probe into His Family’s Wealth
Land registry documents show that an Azeri lawmaker purchased two luxury London homes for 26.5 million pounds (US$34.5...
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Sons of Azerbaijani Strongman Vasif Talibov Received Millions From Money Laundering Systems
Having opened bank accounts with Credit Suisse, Barclays, and other foreign banks, Rza and Seymur Talibov received over $20...
Azerbaijan’s President Approves Controversial Law on Media
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev approved on Tuesday the controversial Law on Media which will now go into effect despite...
UK Seizes Millions from Lawmaker Linked to the Azerbaijani Laundromat
The U.K. authorities have seized from an Azerbaijani lawmaker 5.6 million pounds (US$7.56 million) derived from a...
BP Turned a ‘Blind Eye’ to Corruption in Prize Azerbaijan Gas Project
Leaked documents show two Azerbaijan state companies were set to siphon off $1.7 billion from Shah Deniz 2, which feeds the...
The People Paying the Price of Shah Deniz 2’s Success
Villagers living near BP’s Sangachal terminal say they are suffering from health problems and sleep disruptions due to gas...