Uzbekistan has deported a group of Turkish businessmen, accused of economic crimes
Uzbekistan has deported eight Turkish businessmen, reported February 22 Ozodlik (Uzbek service of Radio Liberty), with reference to the Uzbek state television.
All the deportees had been convicted in Uzbekistan on charges of tax evasion and assisting in the development of the shadow economy, their property confiscated in the country. But businessmen were immediately pardoned and deported.
Another, the ninth Turkish businessman who has a residence permit in Uzbekistan, was sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine of more than 15 thousand dollars.
Most of this group of Turkish businessmen were charged with the results of a raid conducted by law enforcement bodies of Uzbekistan in March 2011 in the largest Turkish trade center in Tashkent – the supermarket «Turkuaz». A few months earlier, in late 2010 in the Uzbek capital was closed down a popular Turkish supermarket “Demir” reason have been called numerous violations in its work.
