OCCRP: Aliyev’s family owns property of over $140 mln

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has published information on the property of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s family.

According to the information, Aliyev’s daughters – Leyla and Arzu – live in a US$26 mln penthouse in downtown London.  The penthouse was purchased in September 2006, being registered via an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

Aliyev’s family overall owns property of over US$140 all over the world, these being only the known properties.

“Other international properties include a US$ 25 million London mansion; a flat valued at up to US$ 8 million overlooking the Speakers’ Corner of Hyde Park; nine waterfront mansions in Dubai valued at US$ 44 million; a dacha near Moscow worth at least US$ 37 million; and a US$ 1.1 million villa in an exclusive neighborhood in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary,” the information reads.

OCCRP earlier published information revealing the activity of the Azerbaijani lobbyists in the U.S.