Tajkistan, Law-order

20:15, november 16, 2009

Tajik police’s directorate to fight organized crime marks its 20th anniversary

DUSHANBE, November 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Interior Ministry directorate for combating organized crime marked its 20th anniversary on November 16, 2009.

13:06, november 10, 2009

Another resident of Isfara detained for alleged IMU membership

KHUJAND, November 10, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Another resident of Sughd’s Isfara district has been detained on suspicion of having contacts with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU).

15:58, november 9, 2009

Large amount of hashish seized by police in Vakhsh

DUSHANBE, November 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Vakhsh police department (Khatlon province) have seized a large amount of hashish, According to the Ministry of Interior (MoI),

19:49, november 4, 2009

Two alleged IMU female supporters detained in Sughd in two days

KHUJAND, November 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Two women from Sughd’s Isfara district have been detained in two separate operations on suspicion of having contacts with the banned Islamic Movement of

18:47, october 29, 2009

Officer at Khujand airport border control point gets jail term of 9 years

KHUJAND, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus -- An officer at the Khujand airport border control point has got a long jail term for drug trafficking.

14:47, october 29, 2009

Unknown persons steal metal angle pieces for fastening pylons of South-North power grid

KHUJAND, October 29, 2009, Asia-Plus /Mavlouda Rafiyeva/ -- Representatives from China’s Theban Electric Apparatus Stock (TBEA), which has been building the South-North power grid, have applied to

14:08, october 28, 2009

Woman from Panjakent detained on suspicion of killing her 5-year-old daughter

DUSHANBE, October 28, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Shoira Rajabova from the village of Mehnatobod in Sughd’s Panjakent district has been detained on suspicion of having killed her 5-year-old daughter,

14:01, october 26, 2009

Four top managers of Vostokredmet get long jail terms for spaying

KHUJAD, October 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Four former top managers of the state unitary enterprise Vostokredmet have got long jail terms for abuse of power and spying.

11:15, october 26, 2009

Judge at Khatlon economic court faces corruption charge

QURGHON TEPPA, October 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A judge at the Khatlon regional economic court has been detained on suspicion of having been involved in bribery.

15:16, october 23, 2009

Group of employees of Tajik central bank face embezzlement charge

DUSHANBE, October 23, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Interior Ministry directorate fro combating organized crime have reportedly exposed an organized criminal group comprising employees

15:48, october 22, 2009

Khujand customs officer suspected of being involved in money contraband

DUSHANBE, October 22, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Am official with the Khujand customs service, Colonel M.K.

12:03, october 22, 2009

Ten judges sacked this yea for outrage

DUSHANBE, October 22, 2009, Asia-Plus - Ten judges have been sacked over the first nine months of this year for gross violation of the country’s laws, the head of the Shuroi Adliya (Council

11:36, october 22, 2009

Woman tried to sell her newborn baby, Sughd police say

KHUJAND, October 22, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A 26-year-old woman from the Bobojonghafurov district was arrested yesterday after she tried to sell her newborn to local woman for US$600 and 300

20:33, october 21, 2009

7,139 crimes reportedly committed by Tajik nationals in Russia this year

DUSHANBE, October 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 7,139 crimes have been committed by Tajik nationals in Tajikistan in January-September this year and 2,720 of these crimes are connected with document

20:16, october 21, 2009

Suspected member of Islamist terrorist group “Shamsheri Islom” detained in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, deputy Interior Minister, Ramazon Rahimov, revealed on October 21 that 548 people in Tajikistan

14:46, october 21, 2009

Anticorruption agencies in GBAO and Sughd sum up the result of their activities in Jan-Sept 09

KHOROG/KHUJAND, October 21, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Khorog, the GBAO anticorruption directorate chief Yusuf Nazarshoyev revealed on October 20 that

18:42, october 20, 2009

Deputy chairperson of Jomi district faces corruption charge

DUSHANBE, October 20, 2009, Asia-Plus – Ms. Narzigul Vohidova, Deputy Chairperson of Khatlon’s Jomi District, faces charge of corruption.

11:08, october 20, 2009

Head of IMU cell in Isfara sentenced to life imprisonment

KHUJAND, October 20, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Anvar Qayumov, the head of a cell of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan in Sughd’s Isfara district, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

19:03, october 17, 2009

Former head of Khujand railway station files suit against Sughd transportation prosecutor

KHUJAND, October 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A court case pitting Numon Hasanov, former head of the railway station “Khujand,” against the Sughd transportation prosecutor Zokir Nazarov began in the

14:50, october 16, 2009

Corruption costs Tajikistan at some 56 mln somoni in Jan-Sept 09

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a press conference in Dushanbe, Director of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption Fattoh Saidov

11:59, october 16, 2009

Anticorruption agency detects 677 corruption-related crimes in Jan-Sept 09

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has detected 677 corruption-related crimes,

18:44, october 13, 2009

Sughd prosecutors institute 12 criminal proceedings against 13 law enforcement officers this year

KHUJAND, October 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Sughd prosecutors have instituted 12 criminal proceedings against 13 local law enforcement officers since the beginning of this year, which is 3 cases

12:14, october 13, 2009

Police disclose name of the main suspect in killing of employee of currency exchange office

DUSHANBE, October 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik police have disclosed the name of the main suspect in the killing of an employee of the currency exchange office in Dushanbe.

17:15, october 12, 2009

Tajik customs officers report 3,759 customs infringements this year

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Mirzo Abdulloyev, an official with the Customs Service, revealed on October 12 that 3,759

15:34, october 9, 2009

Nine life imprisonment sentences passed in Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, courts in Tajikistan have passed nine life imprisonment sentences, the head of the Supreme Court announced at

14:31, october 9, 2009

Police solve murder of employee of currency exchange office in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Police officers have reportedly solved killing of an employee of the currency exchange office in the center of Dushanbe that was committed on September

10:45, october 7, 2009

Sughd court sentences police officer to life imprisonment for brutal killing

KHUJAND, October 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Former officer from the Khujand police department, Rustam Latipov, has been sentenced to life in prison for brutal murder.

15:02, october 6, 2009

Chief prosecutor’s office has not yet secured review of “Isfara case”

DUSHANBE, October 6, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov told a news conference in Dushanbe today that the Prosecutor-General’s Office has not yet secured the review of

14:37, october 6, 2009

More than 10,000 crimes registered in Tajikistan in Jan-Aug-09

DUSHANBE, October 6, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In January-August 2009, 10,019 crimes have been registered in Tajikistan, which is 10.

14:54, october 2, 2009

Trial of top managers of JV Darvoz starts in Kulob

The trail of former director generaÐ“, chief power engineering specialist and chief accountant of the gold-mining company, Darvoz, began in Kulobâ€™s regional court today.