The United States is asking the EU to arrest assets worth $ 1 billion in a corruption case in Uzbekistan

The US authorities turned to five European countries with a request to seize the assets of Vimpelcom, MTS and TeliaSonera in a corruption case in Uzbekistan. About this writes The Wall Street Journal, citing sources close to the investigation, and court documents.

According to the newspaper, we are talking about assets worth a billion dollars. For example, in a corruption case, the United States is asking to arrest millions of dollars in Swiss 650 bank accounts. Another 30 million dollars are in one of the banks in Sweden.

In addition, the US Department of Justice in a corruption case in Uzbekistan requires the seizure of 300 million dollars in Bank of New York offices in Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium.

US prosecutors believe Vimpelcom, MTC and Telia Sonera have transferred millions of dollars to Karimova’s account for access to the Uzbek telecommunications market - The Wall Street Journal

The US Department of Justice and the US Securities and Markets Commission are investigating a case of bribes that international companies have paid for access to the telecommunications market of Uzbekistan since the beginning of 2014.

According to US law enforcement agencies, Vimpelcom and MTS, through a network of sham companies and forged consulting services contracts, transferred bribes to members of the family of President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan. The investigation includes companies related to the daughter of the President of Uzbekistan Gulnara Karimova.