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GERMANY– MARCH 2022

A statement from the Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (28 July 2017) suggests that EUR €2 million in cash has been tied to Karimova and her associates. However, there has been no litigation against Karimova or her associates in this jurisdiction.

HONG KONG– MARCH 2022

A statement from the Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (28 July 2017) suggests that US $67,000,000 in cash, and a penthouse called The Arch, in a Kowloon skyscraper worth US $15,000,000 can be tied to Karimova and her associates. However, there has been no litigation against Karimova or her associates in this jurisdiction.

LATVIA– MARCH 2022

The US Department of Justice proceedings In Rem (case no. 1:16-cv-01257) traced a number of corrupt payments through Latvian banks Aizkraukles, Latvia and Parex Latvia. These accounts accumulated large sums of wealth. For example, between 2009 and 2012, Takilant transferred US $102,864,623.01 from its Parex Account to Takilant’s Lombard Odier account (a private bank HQ in Geneva, Switzerland).

 

A statement from the Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (28 July 2017) also suggests that “cash and securities worth USD 16.5 million, and an entertainment center in the park area of ​​Riga worth EUR 9 million” can be tied to Karimova and her associates. However, there has been no litigation against Karimova or her associates in this jurisdiction.

LUXEMBOURG– MARCH 2022​

US In Rem proceedings (case no. 15-cv-05063) have frozen assets that were found in accounts in Clearstream Banking S.A. These total US $18,504,629.25 + GBP £58.05. So far US $5.83 million has been seized as a result of US In Rem proceedings (15-cv-05063 & 1:16-cv-01257). A detailed breakdown of these assets can be found below. There has been no litigation against Karimova or her associates in this jurisdiction.

NORWAY– MARCH 2022

To date there have been no litigation against the Karimova faction in Norway. The Norwegian government is, however, involved in the Telecommunications Corruption Scandal via VimpelCom, a company owned by Russian/Norwegian interests that has been the subject of various proceedings in the US (Westway Alliance Corp. v. VimpelCom, United States of America v. VimpelCom, United States of America v. Unitel LLC, Securities Exchange Commission v. VimpelCom), and the Netherlands (see: Statement of Facts re. VimpelCom, and Statement of Facts re. ING Bank). VimpelCom is minority owned by Telenor ASA, a company that was, as of 31 December 2021, 53.97% owned by Norway’s government. Økokrim, the Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime said in a statement: “As is well known, investigations are underway in several countries in this complex case. VimpelCom is being investigated both in the Netherlands and in the USA. Økokrim has assisted the authorities in the Netherlands and Switzerland in obtaining information from Telenor ASA, as well as assisting with interrogations in Norway”. Ex-VimpelCom executive, Jo Lunder, was also arrested by the Norwegian police on 4 November 2015, but was later released due to lack of evidence.

MALTA– MARCH 2022

A statement from the Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (28 July 2017) also suggests that a US $48.8 million private jet can be tied to Karimova and her associates in Malta. However, there has been no litigation against Karimova or her associates in this jurisdiction.

RUSSIA– MARCH 2022

News reports originating from two Russian news outlets Ferghana News and Interfax, state that “Russian investigators are looking into the Uzbek authorities' decision to strip mobile operator Uzdunrobita, a subsidiary of Russia's MTS, of its license earlier this year along with the seizure of company property and assets. Uzbek authorities claim the MTS subsidiary owes some $1 billion, approximately the amount invested by MTS in Uzbekistan. Russia's Interior Ministry has filed a criminal case against the seizures of MTS property and assets in Uzbekistan”. It is unclear what the outcome of this investigation was. The same report suggest that Russian investigators seized a “$10-million Moscow apartment belonging to the daughter of Uzbekistan's president [Karimova]… as part of an investigation” in 2012.

 

In the statement issued by the Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (28 July 2017) authorities say that they are seeking to freeze Karimova’s “property in Moscow consisting of a penthouse, a villa complex, eight apartments, a hotel compound, a house, and a land lot”, totalling US $2,000,000, as well as US $6,000,000 in cash. Further details can be found below. A statement issued by Sevara Urinbayeva, Head of Public Relations for the Uzbek Ministry of Justice, on Telegram states that “the court of Moscow recognized the sentences of the Uzbek courts in relation to G. Karimova and her accomplices and is currently taking measures on organizing work with the Russian side on the sale of confiscated property for the further return of the proceeds to the Republic of Uzbekistan” (translated using google translate). The status of these seizures is unclear.

SPAIN– MARCH 2022

 

The statement from the Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (28 July 2017) alleges that US $82,000 in cash can be tied to Karimova and her associates in this jurisdiction.

SWEDEN– MARCH 2022

In 2012, the Swedish Prosecutor’s Office initiated an investigation into Telia Company AB (better known as TeliaSonera) into the relationship between TeliaSonera and Takilant Ltd. via Telia subsidiary Coscom LLC. In 2013, the US Department of Justice requested Swedish assistance in seizing “$30,450,000 of criminal proceeds on deposit in an account at Nordea Bank in Sweden” which the Stockholm District Court did whilst the case was being investigated. On 22 January 2013, the Stockholm district court decided to freeze a further $277 million in assets belonging to Takilant Ltd. In 2017, an application for summons was sent to the Stockholm District Court against three TeliaSonera executives who were accused of bribery, felony, and secondly aiding and abetting. This document outlines the details of TeliaSonera's dealings with Takilant Ltd. The executives were acquitted in 2019, a ruling that was upheld again in 2021. These rulings are understood to be a result of a narrow definition of bribery in Swedish law, loopholes that were then addressed alongside recommendations by the OECD in 2012. TeliaSonera is also the subject of US litigation wherein the company was found guilty (September 2017) of paying US $331 million in bribes to Karimova.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES– MARCH 2022

The statement from the Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan (28 July 2017) suggests that “USD 32 million in cash, USD 31.5 million in gold and gold certificates, in Dubai - a penthouse, 2 villas, 2 hotel complexes with a total value of USD 67.4 million”  can be tied to Karimova and her associates in this jurisdiction. Evidence was also provided (case no. GZ SCH-4986) by Karimova’s ex-financial adviser (Farhod Ingambaev) in a series of documents that detail accounts linked to Karimova and associated entities in Citibank, Dubai which shows significant flows of money going through them. However, these assets were not frozen or seized as a result of this case, and there has been no litigation against Karimova or her associates in this jurisdiction.

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