MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Anonymous sources cited by the Guardian claim that companies with connections to members of the Azerbaijani government and the country's largest bank appear to have run $2.9 billion through four UK companies in 2012-2014 to pay for lobbying and some services.
The four UK companies, Hilux Services, Polux Management, Metastar Invest and LCM Alliance were allegedly used to process the money.
The money was reportedly used to pay for luxury services and to remunerate lobbyists, including some former members of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.
In the meantime the Guardian report states that the provenance of the funds is not completely clear, it also does not provide any direct link between the scheme and the family of the Azerbaijani leader.
