Daughter of former Uzbekistan president faces Swiss trial
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Gulnara Karimova, daughter of former Uzbek President Islam Karimov, is facing a trial in absentia in Switzerland for alleged bribery and money laundering involving assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Swiss prosecutors accuse Karimova of leading a crime ring called “The Office,” which deposited criminal funds and valuables in Switzerland and abroad through multiple companies and safe deposit boxes.
- Karimova is currently imprisoned in Uzbekistan and unable to attend the trial in Switzerland, where she is serving a 13-year sentence for organizing a criminal group, extortion, and embezzlement.
- The trial, running through May 22 in Bellinzona, also involves the indictment of Swiss private bank Lombard Odier and a former employee for allegedly concealing proceeds from Karimova’s criminal activities, which the bank denies knowingly facilitating.
