https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/05/azerbaijan-ran-secret-slush-fund-to-pay-off-european-politicians.html
Azerbaijan's ruling elite ran a secret $2.8 billion slush fund for
two years to pay off European politicians and pay for luxury purchases,
an investigation has shown.
The secret fund, dubbed
Azerbaijani Laundromat, operated for two years until 2014 and was used
by the government to win favor among international peers, according to
the report published this week by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
The cash was allegedly channelled through four U.K.-registered companies, where "lax regulations" allowed for opacity.
Though the origin of the money is
unclear, the report said there was "ample evidence of its connection to
the family of President Ilham Aliyev."
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