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US wins bid to seize $US300 million in Uzbek bribery probe
2015-07-10 05:08:31| Telecom - Topix.net
New York: The US Justice Department has won permission to seize $US300 million claimed to be the proceeds of an international bribery scheme involving two Russian phone companies and a relative of Uzbekistan's president. US District Judge Andrew Carter gave approval on Thursday to the government to seize the funds held in Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium and Clearstream Banking SA accounts in Luxembourg linked to the companies.
Campaign urges UN to take Uzbek action
2015-06-09 12:28:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Apparel and human rights associations are urging the United Nations Secretary General to address the issue of forced labour in Uzbekistan's cotton industry during his visit to the country this week.
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Cotton Campaign urges continued Uzbek action
2015-04-23 16:08:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A number of organisations have written to US Secretary of State John Kerry to urge continued action against the government of Uzbekistan over its forced labour record.
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U.S. Asks Sweden To Freeze Funds In Uzbek Bribery Probe
2015-04-02 03:44:32| IT Services - 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."
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."