High-Profile Kazakhs Linked To Road-Project Corruption Escaping Prosecution, Investigation Finds globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A private company linked to a relative of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev is accused of embezzling some $44 million from a road construction project. But more than five months after the allegations, no one has been charged and officials decline to say if the money has been recovered.
A Bridge Too Costly? Kazakhstan s Longest Serving Governor Swims In Suspect Tenders globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The cost of building Kazakhstan’s longest bridge has more than doubled since the contract was first awarded in 2020. An investigation by RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service showed that the company overseeing the project is owned by businessmen with ties to the local governor’s son.