Belgian Judge Charges 3 Kazak Businessmen With Money Laundering

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Saturday, September 1, 2001
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
17
Issue: 
9
358
Abstract: 
On July 6, 2001, the media reported that according to Joe Colpen of the Brussels city prosecutor’s office, a Belgian judge has charged three of Kazakstan’s leading businessmen with money laundering concerning the purchase of a villa near Brussels. The charges are the first of potentially several arising from two-year multiple investigations in the U.S., Belgium and Switzerland involving senior current and former Kazak political and business figures, including President Nursultan Nazarbayev…[more]