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The first file being examined for links to SICPA’s African operations focuses on an arrangement said to involve a company in Istanbul’s Levent district and an offshore intermediary. The account covers Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania…
Read articleThe SICPA dossier, Part 2. Messages attributed to Philippe Amon and said to date from 18 September 2019 describe an instruction to stop consultancy payments to Cuneyd Zapsu. Following the TRY 19.6 million in invoices examined in Part 1…
Read articleTwo SICPA companies received invoices worth TRY 19.6 million excluding VAT from Cuneyd Zapsu’s consultancy in 2015–2019. The records overlap with major public contracts in Turkey, but do not establish what services were provided or prove…
Read articleLegal correspondence from January 2018 obtained by The Ledgers shows that reports were prepared and invoices issued to a company whose sole authorised signatory was linked to a rival bidder, based on SICPA’s revenue from Türkiye’s TRY 359…
Read articleLeaked agreements and emails show that a Swiss company paid €450,000 to five people in Türkiye in February 2014, with payment confirmations circulated among SICPA executives. One recipient corresponded on behalf of Lettra, a company…
Read articleA SICPA joint venture won the Product Tracking System tender launched by Türkiye’s Revenue Administration in 2014. A complaint submitted to the Swiss federal prosecutor alleges that consultancy agreements involving people connected to…
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