Bangladesh, Oct. 10 -- The ruling family of Turkmenistan has once again drawn global attention – and outrage – for its extravagant misuse of state assets. Investigations by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), along with its partners at Turkmen.News and Gundogar, have revealed that a Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Turkmenistan Airlines, the nations state-owned flag carrier, has been converted into a luxurious private jet exclusively for the use of the Berdimuhamedov family.

According to flight records and corporate disclosures, the aircraft, which once transported ordinary passengers between Ashgabat and destinations such as Istanbul and Minsk, was secretly flown to the United States on December 6, ...