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T.v: Kontraktet. T.h: Den sista kända bilden på Gulnara Karimova, som uppges sitta i husarrest i Tashkent.

Muträttegången mot Telias tidigare toppchefer inleds

Enligt åtalet mutade Telia Sonera, nu Telia Company, diktatorn Islam Karimovs mäktiga dotter Gulnara Karimova med 3 miljarder kronor för att få verka i Uzbekistan. På tisdag inleds rättegången mot Telias ex-vd Lars Nyberg, förre chefen för regionen Eurasien, Tero Kivisaari, och en tidigare hög jurist.

De åtalade nekar alla till brott.

– Alla telekombolag som ville göra affär i Uzbekistan gick till väga på samma sätt. Man betalade i praktiken Karimova, eller hennes offshorebolag Takilant, för beslut och beskydd, säger åklagaren Gunnar Stetler.

Försvaret har försökt få åtalet nedlagt. Även om det gick till som åklagaren säger är det inte mutbrott i lagens mening, hävdar försvaret och hänvisar till att Karimova inte formellt ansvarade för licenser till telekombolag. 

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Gulnara Karimova
Wikipedia (en)
Gulnara Islomovna Karimova (Cyrillic Uzbek: Гулнора Исломовна Каримова; Russian: Гульнара Исламовна Каримова, Gul'nara Islamovna Karimova; 8 July 1972) is the elder daughter of Islam Karimov, the leader of Uzbekistan from 1989 to his death in 2016. Karimova is the founder of the Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation and chairperson of its Board of Trustees; she is also the head of a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focused on cultural and social aspects of life in Uzbekistan.In 2015, an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project reported that Karimova had taken over US$1 billion in bribes from Scandinavian and Russian telecom companies wanting involvement in the Uzbek market. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice seized $850 million that was funneled through corrupt deals by Karimova. Karimova is also under investigation in Uzbekistan on charges of corruption, although she denies any wrongdoing. According to the BBC, Karimova was placed under house arrest in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in November 2014, and was rumored, according to Central Asian news reports, to have died from poisoning on 5 November 2016. In January 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that Karimova had been questioned in December 2016, over money-laundering accusations by Swiss prosecutors while she was under house arrest in Tashkent, according to a lawyer who attended the meetings.In December 2017, the U.S. Department of Treasury included Karimova in a new Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act list, effectively banning all United States entities from dealing with Karimova or any of her organisations or associates.
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