Tajkistan, Law-order

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

11:29, december 17, 2008

6 wraps of heroin found in food parcel intended for prisoner in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Six wraps of narcotic drug that tested positive to heroin weighing 4.

11:15, december 17, 2008

All 15 killings reported in Kulob this year solved

KULOB, December 17, Asia-Plus -- 15 killings have been reported in Khatlon’s Kulob region in January-November 2008, the deputy Khatlon police directorate chief in charge of Kulob region,

20:04, december 16, 2008

Dual killing solved in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dual killing has been solved in the Sughd province.

11:32, december 16, 2008

Two Afghan nationals got long jail terms for drug trafficking

QURGHON TEPPA, December 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A regional court in Tajikistan has sentenced two Afghan nationals to long jail terms for drug trafficking.

12:09, december 13, 2008

Corruption cases uncovered practically in all structures, says anticorruption agency director

DUSHANBE, December 13, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the past two years, officers from the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption have uncovered corruption cases practically in

11:59, december 10, 2008

Two arrested in Khujand for robbing local university and killing guard

KHUJAND, December 10, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two residents of Khujand have been detained on suspicion of having robbed the Khujand-based Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics and