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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’s ‘selective ignoring’ of European Court compensation rulings

by Gulnur Kazimova

•4 min read

Despite the European Court of Human Rights awarding compensation to dozens of activists and opposition figures in Azerbaijan, many say the government is not paying up. According to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), 190 appeals from Azerbaijan were filed with the Court from January–July 2018, 28 of which received decisions. Asabali Mustafayev, head of local rights group the Democracy and Human Rights Resource Centre, told OC Media that there are currently about 20 people in Azerba

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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

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EU Parliament calls for ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat’ investigation

by OC Media

•3 min read

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have demanded a ‘comprehensive investigation’ into the ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat’, a journalistic investigation which revealed a $2.9 billion laundering scheme allegedly operated by the Azerbaijani authorities and used to bribe high level European figures. According to the Press Centre of the European Parliament, MEPs condemned the recent ‘attempts by Azerbaijan and other autocratic regimes in third countries to influence European decision-makers t