Home U.S. Asks Sweden To Freeze Funds In Uzbek Bribery Probe
 

Keywords :   


U.S. Asks Sweden To Freeze Funds In Uzbek Bribery Probe

2015-04-01 17:39:57| Telecom - Topix.net

The United States has officially asked Swedish authorities to freeze more than $30 million in assets tied to investigations into possible bribery and money laundering involving Uzbek officials. In a letter obtaned by RFE/RL from a Swedish investigative journalist, the U.S. Department of Justice wrote that U.S. investigations had revealed that the Russian-Norwegian company VimpelCom, Russian-owned MTS, and Swedish-Finnish company TeliaSonera had "paid bribes to Uzbek officials to obtain mobile telecommunications business in Uzbekistan."

Tags: funds sweden probe asks

Category:Telecommunications

Latest from this category

All news

»
31.10Unicharm to Expand in Africa
31.10Essity Named Diversity Leader by Financial Times
31.10Maxcess to Make FIFE Guiding Products in Mumbai
31.10Renee Starr Joins Hospeco
31.10RRD expands emissions reduction efforts
31.10Label King wins Best-In-Class for sustainability with Mark Andy
31.10Liberty Global video subscribers down 31,100 in 3Q 2024
31.10Eunha Fisheries installs Anytron ANY-JET III digital label printer
More »