Uzbek president daughter Gulnara Karimova faces Swiss trial in absentia over alleged $200 million

Trial starts in Switzerland while she stays in Uzbekistan

Gulnara Karimova, daughter of Uzbekistan’s late President Islam Karimov, is set for a trial in absentia in Switzerland’s federal criminal court in Bellinzona. The case, beginning Monday and running through May 22, involves allegations of bribery and money laundering tied to assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, even as she is reportedly behind bars in Uzbekistan.