#SuisseSecrets: OCCRP reveals how the sons of an Azeri despot received millions from shell companies tied to two massive money laundering systems at multiple foreign banks, including Credit Suisse. 1/ occrp.org/en/suisse-secr…
Seymur and Rza Talibov — sons of Vasif Talibov, ruler of the autonomous exclave of Nakhchivan — received multiple suspicious transfers to their Credit Suisse accounts between 2007 and 2012. 2/ 
The wire transfers came from shell firms that were not only part of the #AzerbaijaniLaundromat and #TroikaLaundromat — massive money laundering schemes uncovered by OCCRP — but also figured in a human trafficking investigation in Bosnia. 3/
Given the payments were often made in implausibly round numbers and were received on private accounts despite bearing business-related descriptions, they should’ve raised red flags for Credit Suisse and the other banks. 4/
Today, the pair own dozens of luxurious properties in Dubai and Georgia, worth an estimated total of $63m. 5/
Meanwhile, their father continues to face allegations of rampant human rights, including torture, arbitrary detention, and sustained attacks on dissident voices in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan. 6/ occrp.org/en/suisse-secr…
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