Tajkistan, Law-order

19:31, october 13, 2010

37 Sughd residents detained abroad this year for drug trafficking

KHUJAND, October 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, 37 residents of Sughd province have been detained abroad for drug trafficking, Sughd chief prosecutor Yusuf

12:38, october 13, 2010

Village teacher detained in Sughd for drug pushing

KHUJAND, October 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A village teacher has been detained in Sughd province on suspicion of having been involved in drug pushing.

18:44, october 12, 2010

Investigation into case of the son of former Tajik chief prosecutor under way

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Investigation into case of Fayzullo Bobokhonov, the son of former Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobokhon Bobojonov, is going on.

17:35, october 12, 2010

Prosecutor-general’s office drops criminal proceedings against ex-deputy chief of SCNS

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Prosecutor-General’s Office has studied criminal proceedings instituted against ex-first deputy chairman of the State Committee for National

17:21, october 12, 2010

Dushanbe awaits Russian decision on possible extradition of Tajik tycoon

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Ex-member of the Sughd legislature and the former director general of the chemical plant in the northern city of Isfara, Nizomkhon Jourayev, detained

16:15, october 12, 2010

Imam khatib of mosque in Nourobod suspected of assisting terrorist groups operating in Rasht

Imam-khatib of mosque in Nourobod district and four his sons have been detained on suspicion of assisting terrorist groups operating in Rasht Valley.

19:44, october 11, 2010

Shuroi Adliya considers it senseless to conceal cases of corruption in judicial system

DUSHANBE, October 11, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Shuroi Adliya (Council of Justice) does not refuse existence of corruption in the country’s judicial system.

13:02, october 5, 2010

Drug pusher detained in Roudaki district with large amount of heroin

DUSHANBE, October 5, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Unemployed resident of Dushanbe was detained yesterday with a large amount of heroin, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

20:02, october 4, 2010

Anticorruption agency says it did not institute criminal proceedings against ex-deputy chief of SCNS

DUSHANBE, October 4, 2010, Asia-Plus – The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption says that it did not institute criminal proceedings against the ex-first deputy chairman of

19:39, october 4, 2010

Over 22 kilos of narcotics seized by drug control officers in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, October 4, 2010, Asia-Plus -- More than 22 kilograms of narcotics were seized in Gorno Badakhshan over the last weekends, according to the Drug Control Agency (DCA) press service.

17:59, october 1, 2010

Criminal proceeding instituted against ex-first deputy chairman of SCNS

Anticorruption agency has instituted criminal proceedings against ex-first deputy chairman of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), Qosimjon Ghafarov.

13:03, september 28, 2010

Orienbonk’s branch in Roghun robbed

DUSHANBE, September 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Unidnetified persons have robbed the branch of Tajikistan’s largest commercial, Orienbonk, in the city of Roghun, 100 kilometers east of Dushanbe.

10:54, september 23, 2010

Imam-khatib from Panjakent accused of unauthorized use of electricity

KHUJAND, September 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Panjakent prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against the 33-year-old Otabek Esoyev, imam-khatib of the Kuktoshi Bolo Mosque,

20:06, september 18, 2010

Officers from customs and border control at Qurghon Teppa airport face corruption charges

QURGHON TEPPA, September 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon transportation prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against senior officers from the customs and border control at the

10:39, september 18, 2010

Two detained in Kulob for illegal deprivation of freedom

KULOB, September 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Kulob law enforcement authorities have instituted criminal proceedings against two residents of the city of Kulob – Nabijon Nazarov and Bobojon Nazarov.

14:09, september 13, 2010

Tajik chief prosecutor’s office: Extradition of fugitive tycoon to Tajikistan under consideration

DUSHANBE, September 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Official Dushanbe is awaiting a Russian decision on the extradition of Nizomkhon Jourayev, a Tajik businessman on the run since 2007 who was

12:07, september 1, 2010

Parents punished for children's truancy

DUSHANBE, September 1, 2010, Asia-Plus – A court in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province has for the first time passed sentence on parents whose children failed for months to attend

20:09, august 31, 2010

Former bazaar director killed in Isfara

KHUJAND, August 31, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Homidboy Karimov, former director of bazaar in the Surkh Jamoat in Isfara district, Sughd province was shot to death from assault rifle

13:44, august 30, 2010

Ex-MP does not agree for amicable settlement proposed by judge

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A court case pitting ex-member of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) Sayvali Nourov against the Dushanbe weekly

18:50, august 28, 2010

Fugitive Tajik businessman detained in Moscow

Ex-member of the Sughd legislature, Nizomkhon Jourayev, who owned a chemical plant in the northern city of Isfara and has been wanted by Tajik police since 2007, was detained in Moscow on Friday.

17:05, august 28, 2010

Kulob resident detained in Dushanbe for drug pushing

DUSHANBE, August 28, 2010, Asia-Plus -- An operation carried out by officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) led to the arrest of drug pusher at one of parking lots in Dushanbe on august

17:48, august 27, 2010

Head of farming unit in Qumsangir accused of attempting to give bribe to prosecutor

QURGHON TEPPA, August 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon prosecutor’s office has brought formal charges against head of farming unit in Qumsangir district, accusing him of an attempt to give

14:06, august 27, 2010

Judge from Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district court faces corruption charges

DUSHANBE, August 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Fayziddin Bobobekov, a judge with the court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district, was detained yesterday on suspicion of having been involved in corruption.

18:03, august 26, 2010

Sughd prosecutor’s office institutes criminal proceedings against ore refinery director

KHUJAND, August 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against Samejon Ahmadov, the director of the ore refinery in Jabborrasulov district,

10:35, august 24, 2010

Khujand resident sentenced to prison for driving his step daughter to suicide

KHUJAND, August 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khujand has got a jail term of five years for driving his step daughter to suicide.

19:27, august 21, 2010

46 supporters of Mirzo Ziyoev sentenced to long jail terms

DUSHANBE, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus – A large group of supporters of slain ex-Minister of Emergencies Mirzo Ziyoev have been sentenced to long jail terms.

18:39, august 21, 2010

Trial of ex-candidate to parliament from Vakhsh district continues in Bokhtar district court

QURGHON TEPPA, August 21, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The trial of ex-candidate to parliament from the Vakhsh district, Sayvali Nourov, is continuing in a court of Bokhtar district, Khatlon province.

13:13, august 19, 2010

Employee of savings bank’s branch in Sughd suspected of embezzling pensions

KHUJAND, August 19, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The prosecutor’s office in Zafarobod district, Sughd province has instituted criminal proceedings against Vali Toshev, an employee of the branch of

16:57, august 17, 2010

Three officials in Khatlon face corruption charges

QURGHON TEPPA, August 17, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the past two months, three officials in Khatlon province have been detained on corruption charges.

14:58, august 17, 2010

Ex-PM files lawsuit against independent weekly accusing it libel and insult

Ex-PM Sayvali Nourov considers that the Dushanbe independent weekly, Charkhi Gardoun, defamed him, publishing article about criminal proceedings instituted against him.