The Dutch
Ministry of Justice is investigating two international telecom companies, which
based in the Netherlands, about the possible bribing of Gulnara Karimova, the
daughter of the president of Uzbekistan.
The Dutch prosecution was asked by the Swedish government to conduct
this investigation. The two companies
are the Swedish-Finnish firm, TeliaSonera, and the Russian group,
VimpelCom. They are suspected of having
paid $220 million via a letterbox company which is owned by Karimova. The
potential bribe was made via a trust account operated by a Dutch firm of
notaries. The major Dutch bank, ING, is
said to be involved in the transaction as well.
The payments were supposedly made in order to get GSM frequencies and
licenses in Uzbekistan.
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