 Azerbaijani millionaire on trial in money laundering case in London. Another Azerbaijani millionaire businessman is on trial in London as part of a large-scale international money laundering operation. The judicial investigation has been initiated by the UK's National Crime Agency. The name of the oligarch has not yet been revealed. However, evening standard and BBC are battling to reveal his identity. The businessman, referred to as MNL, in court documents seeks to keep his name confidential and is using services of three well-known British lawyers for this purpose. Despite the lawsuit filed in the evening standard and the BBC over the disclosure of his name, the oligarch is battling to keep his identity secret. The Azerbaijani businessman believes that disclosure of his name would seriously undermine his reputation. The above-mentioned media organizations believe that the name and the activities of the businessman should be publicized in line with the long-standing open-justice principles and due to the importance of exposing dirty money cases. Hearing upon the request to disclose the businessman's name will take place in the London High Court in March next year. If the Supreme Court upholds the claim, the oligarch's identity will be publicized. In early 2022, a London court lifted restrictions keeping names of Azerbaijani oligarch's family secret in response to the application by the evening standard. The court disclosed the name of the head of large Avrilmed pharmaceutical company Azerbaijani MP Javonshir Faizyev and his three family members who were accused of money-laundering.