Uzbekistan: Gulnara Karimova and the former director of a telecommunications company indicted in the Federal Criminal Court
Bern, 28.9.2023 - Following its criminal investigation, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) on 28 September 2023 filed its indictment in the Federal Criminal Court (FCC) against Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the former President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, and the former general director of the Uzbek subsidiary of a Russian telecommunications company. The two accused are in particular alleged to have participated in a criminal organisation that operated in various countries, including Switzerland. The charges cover the period from 2005 to 2013 and constitute participation in a criminal organisation (Art. 260ter Swiss Criminal Code (SCC)), money laundering (Art. 305bis SCC), acceptance of bribes as foreign public officials (Art. 322septies para. 2 SCC) and forgery of documents (Art. 251 SCC).