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Azerbaijani and Armenian politicians implicated in Credit Suisse leak

by OC Media

•2 min read

Leaked records from Credit Suisse, the second-largest bank in Switzerland, have revealed the secret holdings of political figures from around the world, including the sons of Nakhchivan head Vasif Talibov, and former Armenian President Armen Sarkissian. The investigation led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, together with 48 news outlets around the world, has investigated 18,000 accounts at the Swiss bank after an anonymo

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German police raid MPs’ homes in Azerbaijan bribery probe

by OC Media

•4 min read

German police have raided the properties of Christian Democratic party MP Karin Strenz and former MP Eduard Lintner; the two are suspected of accepting bribes to lobby for Azerbaijan. The raids on Thursday were part of an investigation by the Frankfurt Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany into an alleged large-scale campaign of bribery of German politicians by the Azerbaijani government. Investigators searched 16 properties belonging to 52-years-old Strent

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Azerbaijan Council of Europe corruption allegations ‘indisputable’

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has concluded that corruption allegations involving Azerbaijan and a number of current and former MPs from several European countries are true and has declared a policy of zero tolerance of corruption to ‘restore its credibility’. A resolution was adopted on Thursday following a debate in PACE about an internal investigation into corruption within PACE. According to the investigation, which was prepared by three former judges f

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Council of Europe MPs suspected of ‘corruptive’ activities for Azerbaijan

by OC Media

•4 min read

An internal inquiry by the Council of Europe has alleged that several former and current MPs from the body’s parliamentary assembly engaged in paid lobbying, while others were strongly suspected of conducting ‘activities of a corruptive nature’ in favour of Azerbaijan. According to the report, which was prepared by three former judges from the UK, France, and Sweden and published on 22 April, a number of former MPs at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) received mo