Mukhtar Ablyazov. Tengrinews.kz stock photo
Former chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov may be in France, Kazpravda reports citing the European media. The newspaper analyzed German and Austrian media that made their own investigations into the exile Kazakhstan tycoon. German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung writes that Ablyazov was likely to flee to France. “The last time the tycoon was seen at Victoria Station taking a bus to France. Nothing has been known about his location since then,” the newspaper writes. Analyzing information from Offshore Leaks, European media came to a conclusion that the money of BTA Bank was siphoned off through companies owned by Ablyazov’s brother-in-law Syrym Shalabayev. Besides, the journalists found Austrian tracks in Ablyazov’s story. The newspaper suggests that the widow of a former owner of BTA bank transferred the inherited share in the company to Ablyazov via the dummy Austrian company SEVW Holding GmbH. Earlier Tengrinews.kz English reported that Mukhtar Ablyazov was wanted in Italy. On May 29 Italian law-enforcement authorities held a special operation in a house in the suburbs of Rome, where, according to their information, Mukhtar Ablyazov was hiding. The former banker was not found in the house. Police found only his wife and daughter. On May 31 Alma Shalabayeva and her daughter Alua were deported to Kazakhstan for illegal stay at the territory of Italy under fake passport.
Former chairman of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov may be in France, Kazpravda reports citing the European media.
The newspaper analyzed German and Austrian media that made their own investigations into the exile Kazakhstan tycoon. German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung writes that Ablyazov was likely to flee to France. “The last time the tycoon was seen at Victoria Station taking a bus to France. Nothing has been known about his location since then,” the newspaper writes.
Analyzing information from Offshore Leaks, European media came to a conclusion that the money of BTA Bank was siphoned off through companies owned by Ablyazov’s brother-in-law Syrym Shalabayev. Besides, the journalists found Austrian tracks in Ablyazov’s story. The newspaper suggests that the widow of a former owner of BTA bank transferred the inherited share in the company to Ablyazov via the dummy Austrian company SEVW Holding GmbH.
Earlier Tengrinews.kz English reported that Mukhtar Ablyazov was wanted in Italy. On May 29 Italian law-enforcement authorities held a special operation in a house in the suburbs of Rome, where, according to their information, Mukhtar Ablyazov was hiding. The former banker was not found in the house. Police found only his wife and daughter. On May 31 Alma Shalabayeva and her daughter Alua were deported to Kazakhstan for illegal stay at the territory of Italy under fake passport.