LONDON (TCA) — “Classical” cases such as the massive amounts of money embezzled by former BTA bank chief Mukhtar Ablyazov and ex-mayor of Almaty Viktor Khrapunov have been haunting Kazakh law enforcers for well over a decade. But white collar crime, meaning not bribes and extortions but straightforward swindle and theft, have become endemic in Kazakhstan during the last couple of years.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — As a new Cabinet has been formed in Uzbekistan following the country’s new President’s inauguration this week, we are republishing this article originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — On December 15, a new EU funded project started working on establishing a water treatment plant in the city of Istiklol (formerly Taboshar) in northern Tajikistan. The project is part of the EU’s programme for Central Asia on Environmental Remediation, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said.
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TASHKENT (TCA) — Members of the European Parliament backed a textiles trade deal with Uzbekistan on December 14, acknowledging the country’s efforts to eradicate child labour. But they also urged the country to take further steps to end all other forms of forced labour, e.g. by students and civil servants, in its cotton harvest, the European Parliament said in a press release.
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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The National Bank of Tajikistan is considering the use of the country’s President Emomali Rahmon’s portrait on a proposed new 1,000-somoni banknote, which would be worth about $127, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported.
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — A Conference of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, the country’s dominant party, has nominated incumbent President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov as its candidate in the country’s presidential election scheduled for February 12, 2017, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
