OCT. 27 2021 (The Bulletin) — The authorities in Switzerland more than doubled the amount of cash to 340m francs ($371m) that they will return to Uzbekistan from accounts linked to Gulnara Karimova, the imprisoned daughter of former Uzbek leader Islam Karimov, Swiss media reported. The extra cash was found in a BVI account linked to Karimova. She has been in prison in Uzbekistan since 2014 for various financial crime convictions.
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— This story was published in issue 505 of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin, on Oct. 28 2021
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