{"id":188723,"date":"2018-02-16T16:47:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T16:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/has-azerbaijan-been-vindicated-by-a-milan-court\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:36:29","slug":"has-azerbaijan-been-vindicated-by-a-milan-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/has-azerbaijan-been-vindicated-by-a-milan-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Azerbaijan been vindicated by a Milan court?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Italian politician Luca Volonte has been
\n
\n acquitted
\n <\/a>
\n of money laundering but is still under investigation for corruption, contradicting statements made by Azerbaijani presidential aide Ali Hasanov.\n<\/p>\n

\n On 14 February, Luca Volonte\u2019s lawyers
\n
\n announced
\n <\/a>
\n that a Milan court had acquitted their client on charges of money laundering. The former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is
\n
\n alleged
\n <\/a>
\n to have accepted millions of dollars from Azerbaijan in exchange for political favors, according to the Azerbaijani Laundromat investigations carried out by OCCRP.\n<\/p>\n

\n The day Volonte was acquitted of money laundering, presidential aide Ali Hasanov
\n
\n claimed
\n <\/a>
\n that Azerbaijan had been vindicated by the court\u2019s decision. Referring to the Azerbaijani Laundromat as an \u201canti-Azerbaijani smear campaign,\u201d Hasanov said that OCCRP\u2019s investigation had been \u201cruled groundless by a court verdict.\u201d The Azerbaijani official promised legal proceedings against the investigative journalists who exposed the influence-buying scheme.\n<\/p>\n

\n But Volonte remains under investigation on charges of corruption.\n<\/p>\n

\n On 15 February, editor and co-founder of OCCRP, Drew Sullivan,
\n
\n responded
\n <\/a>
\n to Hasanov\u2019s comments in a tweet. \u201cTo the corrupt family-run dictatorship of Azerbaijan and Mr. Ali Hasanov who likes to threaten journalists,\u201d Sullivan wrote: \u201cYou are wrong. Mr. Volonte was acquitted of money laundering charges but still faces corruption charges for the money your country sent him. We have more coming.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n Note: Meydan TV is a member of OCCRP\u2019s network of investigative journalists.
\n <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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