Tajkistan, Law-order

19:03, february 26, 2009

Two officers from police special unit detained for attack on casino in Roudaki district

Three persons, including two police special unit officers, have been detained on suspicion of having robbed a casino in the Roudaki district.

16:32, february 25, 2009

Young woman shot dead in Shuroobod

DUSHANBE, February 25, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Yung woman has been shot dead in the Dashtijum jamoat, Khatlon’s Shuroobod district.

12:46, february 23, 2009

Police officer wounded in Sughd

KHUJAND, February 23, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Drunken hooligan has inflicted a stab wound on police officer in Sughd’s Zafarobod district.

14:02, february 18, 2009

Counterfeit Russian rubles discovered in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, February 18, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A consignment of counterfeit Russian ruble (RR) has been discovered in the Sughd province.

18:07, february 17, 2009

Dushanbe court bans activities of GAM in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, February 17, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district has banned the activities of the German Alliance Mission (GAM) in Tajikistan.

11:15, february 16, 2009

Supreme Court’s military board rejects appeal by Jehovah's Witnesses religious group

DUSHANBE, February 16, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The Supreme Court‘s military board has rejected appeal by the Jehovah’s religious group.

15:15, february 9, 2009

Sangtuda HPP-1 files suit against Barqi Tojik over electricity debt

DUSHANBE, February 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Open joint-stock company (OJSC) Sangtuda HPP-1, which has constructed the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power plant (HPP), has filed suit in Tajikistan’s

11:28, february 4, 2009

Sughd court sentences Kyrgyz national belonging to Hizb ut-Tahrir to 11 years

KHUJAND, February 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A 35-year-old national of Kyrgyzstan Abdumalik Jamoliddinov, who is native of Sughd’s Bobojonghafurov district and activist of the outlawed religious

12:10, january 30, 2009

Female crime rate decreasing in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, January 30, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In 2008, women in the northern Sughd province committed 388 crimes, which was 42 cases less than in 2007, according to the Sughd directorate for family

17:37, january 28, 2009

Anticorruption agency director denies chief prosecutor’s criticism as ‘unfounded’

Speaking to reporters in Dushanbe today, the anticorruption agency director denied chief prosecutorâ€™s criticism of the agency as â€œunfounded.

20:20, january 26, 2009

Tajikistan negotiates extradition of Khuja Karimov with UAE authorities

DUSHANBE, January 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- According to information we have received, the former field commander of the pro-government Popular Front also ex-head of Tajikistan’s Football

20:01, january 26, 2009

Salafis will face charge of inciting religious enmity, says minister of interiors

DUSHANBE, January 26, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov told a press conference in Dushanbe on January 26 that he had ordered police directorates not to prosecute

20:42, january 24, 2009

40 Sughd inhabitants put on internationally wanted list detained in CIS states last year

KHUJAND, January 24, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 40 residents of the northern Sughd province, whose names are put on the internationally wanted list, were detained in the CIS states last year,

17:58, january 23, 2009

In Sughd caught the employees of internal security of Ministry of Home Affairs detain the forensic scientist of Spitamen district

KHUJAND, January 23, "Asia-Plus" - During reception of a bribe was detained the expert in forensic medicine Spitamen district.

11:58, january 23, 2009

236 corruption-related and economic crimes detected in Sughd in 2008

KHUJAND, January 23, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at après conference in Khujand, the Sughd anticorruption directorate chief Millopar Bandishoyev revealed on January 22 that 236

16:33, january 20, 2009

28 Hizb ut-Tahrir activists convicted in Tajikistan last year

DUSHANBE, January 9, 2009, Asia-Plus -- 28 activists of the outlawed religious extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir organization were convicted in Tajikistan last year, chairman of the Supreme Court

12:43, january 15, 2009

48 crimes committed by Khatlon law enforcement officers in 2008

QURGHON TEPPA, January 15, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Khatlon police directorate committed 13 crimes last year, Asia-Plus has learned from Nazarbek Khudoyorov, deputy chief of the

11:15, january 14, 2009

More than 11,000 crimes reported in Tajikistan last year

DUSHANBE, January 14, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In 2008, 11,258 crimes were reported in Tajikistan, which is 3.

20:32, january 13, 2009

Anticorruption agency should improve its work: Tajik researcher

DUSHANBE, January 13, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption should improve its work, known Tajik economist Hojimuhamamd Umarov said in an

16:40, january 13, 2009

Salafis represent threat to national security, says chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, January 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Salafis represent threat to national security of the country, Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov remarked at a press conference in Dushanbe today,

15:29, january 13, 2009

Tajik chief prosecutor criticizes anticorruption agency

DUSHANBE, January 13, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Tajik chief prosecutor has criticized activity of the anticorruption agency.

14:41, january 13, 2009

Tajik authorities drop criminal case against ex-director of Tajik aluminum smelter

All criminal cases instituted by the Prosecutor-Generalâ€™s Office against ex-director of the Tajik aluminum smelter Abduqodir Ermatov and top manager of Ansol Avaz Nazarov were dropped following

15:57, january 8, 2009

Woman sells her newborn baby for $200

DUSHANBE, January 8, 2009, Asia-Plus -- A young woman has attempted to sell her newborn baby, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

21:03, january 7, 2009

Crime rate decreases in Kulob through 2008

KULOB, January 7, 2009, Asia-Plus -- In 2008, 220 crimes were reported in the city and the district of Kulob, which is 65 crimes fewer than during 2007, the Kulob prosecutor Nasrullo Mahmoudov said

18:11, january 4, 2009

Forged $100 banknotes discovered in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, January 4, 2009, Asia-Plus -- Forged $100 banknotes have been discovered in the northern Sughd provinceНа севере.

19:45, december 30, 2008

Consignment of contraband pyrotechnics seized in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, December 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday December 29, officers from the Sughd customs service detained a Kyrgyz national who was trying to smuggle consignment of pyrotechnics into

15:23, december 23, 2008

Shop of Afghan national in Khorog robbed by unidentified persons

DUSHANBE, December 23, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Afghan national has lodged an application to the Khorog police department over robbery at his shop in Khorog.

11:45, december 19, 2008

Sughd customers report large pyrotechnics haul

KHUJAND, December 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Sughd customs officers have seized nearly 37,000 pyrotechnics at the Khujand customs checkpoint, Terminal, a source at the Sughd regional customs

12:40, december 18, 2008

Qairoqqum jobless faces charge of land allotment fraud

KHUJAND, December 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Khujand prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against 44 year-old unemployed resident of the northern city of Qairoqqum Farhod

14:07, december 17, 2008

Body of a year-old baby with signs of violent death found in Khujand

DUSHANBE, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The body of a year-old baby with signs of violent death was found in one of areas of Khujand, Sughd province yesterday night, according to the