An appeal complaint against the verdict issued against Anass Derraz, Vice President of the French company SAUR, who was accused of accepting a large bribe and other criminal offenses, has been reviewed, APA reports.
The Baku Court of Appeal reduced Anass Derraz's sentence by three years.
Note that, under the verdict of the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, he had been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
As is known, former head of the French President’s Security Service Alexandre Benalla and Anass Derraz, Vice President of the French company SAUR, which has a multibillion turnover (currently in Azerbaijan and under prosecution), are accused of receiving large bribes in exchange for lifting international sanctions against Russian billionaire of Azerbaijani origin, Farhad Ahmadov and other criminal offenses.
According to previous reports published in foreign and local media regarding this case, French officials allegedly demanded a bribe from Farhad Ahmadov in exchange for releasing his luxurious Luna yacht from international seizure and providing him with protection from sanctions.
Based on the information, part of the multimillion-dollar bribe was transferred to Anass Derraz’s account at AL HILAL BANK and Alexandre Benalla’s account at BANK OF AFRICA UNITED KINGDOM PLC SC PAR.
A. Derraz, who was in the hands of the investigation in an unknown manner, was held accountable in Azerbaijan and banned from leaving the country, while INTERPOL was contacted to put A. Benalla on the international wanted list.
Anass Derraz was charged under Articles 193-1.3.2 (legalization of property obtained through criminal means, when committed in a significant amount) and 32.5, 311.3.3 (accepting a bribe (passive bribery), when committed in a large amount) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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