Daughter of ex-Uzbek President in custody for extortion 
Former President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov's daughter Gulnara Karimova was taken into custody for extortion and embezzlement and is being investigated for more crimes, officials said. State prosecutors said they were seeking to freeze about $1.5 billion in assets held by Karimova. However, whereabouts of Karimova are unknown after she disappeared from public view in 2014.