Kosi Rahbar has over $9 million revealed in a Swiss bank account

According to the investigation, the money was held in the account from 2004 to 2011.

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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) reported on the bank account of the new chairman of the city of Gissar, Kosim Rohbar, in a Swiss bank.

According to the organization’s investigation, also published by Radio Ozodi, the bank account held 8 million 883 thousand 230 Swiss francs ($9,642,458) from 2004 to 2011. The source of the funds belonging to the high-ranking official is unknown.

During his tenure as chairman of the Sughd region and Minister of Agriculture, Kosim Rohbar controlled the cotton trade, one of the main sources of foreign currency inflow into the country. In correspondence from the U.S. Embassy that surfaced in the media several years ago, he was even referred to as the “boss of the mafia.”

It is reported that in the correspondence of American diplomats in 2008, Kosim Rohbar was “widely known as a mafia leader.”

According to Tajik law, government officials are prohibited from engaging in business, opening bank accounts abroad, or transferring money abroad.

Kosim Rohbar himself has not commented on this report.

Kosim Rohbar, previously known as Kosim Kosimov, was born on October 3, 1964, in the city of Khujand to a high-ranking official of that time, Rohbar Kosimov. In January of this year, he was appointed as the acting chairman of the city of Gissar by presidential decree.

Kosim Rohbar was appointed chairman of the Khujand district (now Babajan Gafurov district) in 1994 at the age of 30. In 1996, he was appointed chairman of the Sughd region. He held this position until 2006. After resigning, he led the branch of the ruling People’s Democratic Party in the Sughd region until 2008. From 2008 to 2015, he served as Minister of Agriculture, and from 2015 to 2022, he was the chairman of the Committee for Local Development under the President of Tajikistan.