Solution of Switzerland on the confiscation of $ 293 million with frozen assets of the company related to the daughter of the first President of Uzbekistan Gulnare Karimova, opens up opportunities for the return of these funds to the country. This was stated in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic, says Sputnik Uzbekistan.
“This is a significant victory for Swiss law enforcement agencies, as it opens up the opportunity for further negotiations on their return of the Republic of Uzbekistan,” the department reported.
In the Ministry of Justice explained that the court decision on the return of Takilant $ 70 million is not final and can be appealed.
“In addition, there are also a lawsuit against these funds and the order of the competent authorities of the United States on the imposition of arrest on them. The state bodies of Uzbekistan are actively working with the authorities of Switzerland and the United States to return the assets of the Karimov and its accomplices obtained as a result of criminal activities. From which the state and the people of Uzbekistan suffered, “added to the Ministry of Justice.
In August 2015, Karimov was convicted of extortion and tax evasion, and on December 18, 2017, as part of another case, she was punished in the form of imprisonment for a period of 10 years. The Tashkent City Court for Criminal Cases in March 2020 increased the term of imprisonment by Karimova to 13 years and four months as part of a new criminal case on creating a criminal community, extortion and embezzlement.
Earlier, the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland decided to confiscate more than $ 293 million owned by Takilant. The Swiss court decided to return the company, frozen assets worth $ 70 million. The investigation could not establish that these assets were obtained as a result of criminal activity.