The Abdukadyrs’ Cash Couriers
A powerful Uighur family exploited a cash courier system widely used by Kyrgyz merchants to move millions of U.S. dollars...
A powerful Uighur family exploited a cash courier system widely used by Kyrgyz merchants to move millions of U.S. dollars...
For years, a network of informal couriers has funneled millions of dollars out of Kyrgyzstan in cold, hard cash. The...
Despite receiving a death threat, the operator of a massive Kyrgyz money-laundering scheme shared hundreds of documents to...
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More than a third of Ataturk Park, a beloved green space in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city, has been lost. Over the course of a...