Saturday, September 1, 2001
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]