Erdogan’s Son Arrested for Massive Money Laundering in Italy, Might Go to Jail
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Top News 18 February 2016
The son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under investigation in Italy as part of a probe into a major political corruption scandal.
35-year-old Bilal Erdogan is suspected of money laundering, according to Bologna’s public prosecutor. The investigation was apparently opened after a key political opponent of his father – Turkish businessman Murat Hakan Uzan – accused Erdogan the son of smuggling in substantial amounts of cash into Italy to be recycled.
According to Uzan, Bilal flew into the country with an armed entourage of bodyguards and a “large sum of money.” Incredibly, when his guards were initially barred from entering the country they were reportedly given Turkish diplomatic passports and subsequently granted entry.
Erdogan left Turkey last August for the northern Italian city in the aftermath of a major corruption scandal in which he was among those implicated.
President Erdogan dismissed the case at the time as a fabricated attempt to discredit him and his inner circle – even after leaked tapes emerged several months afterwards in which he is allegedly heard telling Bilal to dispose of some 30 million euros in cash.
Many have speculated he fled the country to escape possible charges, but he maintains he moved to Italy with his wife and children purely to pursue his PhD.
Source: israelnationalnews.com
Michael Day Rome |
@michael2day |
Wednesday 17 February 2016|
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Bilal Erdogan says he is in Italy only to complete a PhD at a university in Bologna
A son of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under investigation in Italy for money laundering, in connection, it has been claimed, with the 2013 corruption scandal that rocked the Turkish political establishment.
The Bologna public prosecutor has opened a file on Bilal Erdogan, 35, after a key opponent of the Turkish regime officially denounced the president’s son, alleging he brought in large amounts of money to Italy last September to be recycled. The claim was made by the political dissident and Turkish businessman Murat Hakan Uzan, whose brother Cem Uzan founded Turkey’s Youth Party.
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The Italian Manuela Cavallo is investigating claims that the money may relate to the massive political corruption scandal involving Turkey’s ruling AKP party. Bilal Erdogan has said he is in Italy with his wife and children purely to resume his PhD studies at the Bologna campus of America’s Johns Hopkins University, which he began in 2007.
In 2013 his name surfaced in the massive graft scandal that hit the AKP and senior Turkish government officials. Turkish prosecutors said it involved an alleged money laundering scheme designed to bypass United States-led sanctions on Iran. They ordered the arrest of 52 people in December 2013 and went on to accuse 14 people – including several family members of cabinet ministers – of bribery, corruption, fraud, money laundering and gold smuggling.
