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Kloop

Kloop is a Kyrgyz news website most of whose contributors are students and graduates of the Kloop Media Public Foundation School of Journalism. It was founded in 2007 and gained prominence in Kyrgyzstan three years later when it investigated the son of the president of Kyrgyzstan.

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April 27, 2023
The Shadow Investor: The Abdukadyr Empire

Khabibula Abdukadyr ran a Central Asian trading empire built on collusion with corrupt customs officials, was accused of laundering hundreds of millions in profits abroad, and got exposed. But far from being prosecuted, he and his family have only grown in influence.
April 27, 2023
The Lies That Kept A Central Asian Money Launderer's Cash Flowing

For years, the Abdukadyr family’s personal money launderer sent their dirty money abroad using a variety of invented pretexts. Some U.S. bank officers got suspicious -- but the transactions continued.
April 27, 2023
With Backing From Uzbek State, Family Implicated In Smuggling Secretly Funds Transformation Of Tashkent's Skyline

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev promised reforms and transparency. But among the top foreign investors pouring money into his new Uzbekistan are the Abdukadyrs, a secretive clan who made their fortune in crime and corruption.
April 27, 2023
They Were Accused Of Smuggling. Now They're Partnering With The Uzbek State.

The Abdukadyr family earned hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to their corrupt alliance with officials in neighboring Kyrgyzstan. Now their trading business is booming in Uzbekistan -- where President Shavkat Mirziyoev’s government has welcomed them with open arms.
April 27, 2023
The Abdukadyr Family Made A Fortune In Collusion With Corrupt Central Asian Officials. Now They've Built A Global Business Empire.

Their bribery and smuggling schemes were exposed, but that hasn't stopped the secretive Khabibula Abdukadyr and his relatives. With new political alliances and projects worth billions around the world, they’re more powerful than ever.
January 31, 2022
Inside Kyrgyzstan's Campaign To Silence Journalist Bolot Temirov

A leading independent journalist in Kyrgyzstan says police planted drugs on him as retribution for his exposés of corruption. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. Here’s how sex, lies, and secret surveillance were deployed against one of the country’s top investigative outlets.

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