Tajkistan, Law-order

18:00, april 29, 2008

Rumi police directorate chief bribery and rape charges

DUSHANBE, April 29, Asia-Plus -- On Monday April 28, officers from the Khatlon anticorruption directorate arrested the Rumi police directorate chief, Major Rahmon Sharifov.

15:58, april 29, 2008

Tajik, Kyrgyz interior ministers meet in Isfara

DUSHANBE, April 29, Asia-Plus -- Interior ministers of Tajikistan (Mahmadnazar Solehov) and Kyrgyzstan (Moldomus Kongantiyev) met today in the Tajik northern city of Isfara to discuss

19:31, april 26, 2008

Marouf Orifov not member of the Democratic Party, says DPT leader

DUSHANBE, April 26, Asia-Plus -- The top manager of the Dushanbe company M&P Marouf Orifov bears no relation to the Democratic Party (DPT), however, our party will defend him, a statement

11:02, april 25, 2008

Crime rate increasing in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, April 25, Asia-Plus -- In January-March 2008, 919 crimes have been reported in the Sughd province, which is 51 cases more than in the same period of last year, the Sughd police directorate

18:48, april 24, 2008

81 crimes registered in Gorno Badakhshan in Q1 08

KHOROG, April 24, Asia-Plus -- In January-March 2008, 81 crimes have been reported in Gorno Badakhshan, which is six cases fewer than in the same period of last year, Aziz Yatimov, the deputy

18:23, april 24, 2008

Corruption shows downward tendency in Tajikistan, says anticorruption agency chief

DUSHANBE, April 24, Asia-Plus -- Since the beginning of the year, corruption has shown downward tendency in Tajikistan, Sherkhon Salimzoda, director of the Agency for the State Financial

13:51, april 24, 2008

Isfara criminal investigation squad chief faces bribery charge

KHUJAND, April 24, Asia-Plus -- Ahmad Usmonov, acting chief of the criminal investigation squad within the Isfara police department, has been arrested on suspicion of having been involved in

12:57, april 24, 2008

Tajik prosecutor-general’s office applies to Interpol for help arresting Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev

DUSHANBE, April 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s Prosecutor-General’s Office has applied to Interpol for help arresting mutinous Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev.

12:24, april 23, 2008

Fraud from Varzob detained in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, Aril 23, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the GBAO polic directorate arrested Rajabov, the resident of the Varzob district, yesterday.

12:14, april 23, 2008

51 corruption-related crimes detected in northern Tajikistan this year

KHUJAND, April 23, Asia-Plus - 51 corruption-related crimes have been detected in the Sughd province over the first three months of this year, the Sughd anticorruption directorate chief

17:54, april 22, 2008

Qumsangir prosecutor is to inform media about murder of Hero of the Soviet Union Haidar Qosimov

QURGHON TEPPA, April 22, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon prosecutor Foziljon Okhounov has charged the Qumsangir prosecutor to inform media about details of criminal proceedings instituted on the

11:58, april 18, 2008

78 corruption-related crimes detected in Khatlon this year

QURGHON TEPPA, April 18, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Khatlon anticorruption directorate have conducted 83 inspections over the first three months of this year, senior officers from the

10:59, april 18, 2008

Konibodom prosecutor’s office reveals instances of gross violation of land legislation

KONIBODOM, April 18, Asia-Plus -- Inspections by Konibodom prosecutors have recorded numerous instances of gross violation of the country’s land legislation such as illegal occupation of

10:54, april 17, 2008

Depraved cleric sentenced to 1 ½ years imprisonment

KULOB, April 17, Asia-Plus -- Muzaffar Ismoilov, a mullah at the mosque in the village of Sangrezi, Khatlon’s Khovaling district has got a jail prison of one year and six months.

18:57, april 16, 2008

Tajikistan sentences three Uzbek nationals for spying Uzbekistan

DUSHANBE, September 16, Asia-Plus -- In 2007, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced three Uzbek nationals to long prison terms for spying for Uzbekistan, Nusratullo Abdulloyev, chairman

14:09, april 16, 2008

MoH officials face embezzlement charge

DUSHANBE, April 16, Asia-Plus -- Shamsiddin Piri, the head of the capital construction directorate within the Ministry of Health (MoH), and Saidmurod Mahmoudov, a chief accountant within the

10:54, april 15, 2008

One detained in Suhgd with a large consignment of counterfeit banknotes

KHUJAND, April 15, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd police directorate has reported the seizure of a large consignment of counterfeit banknotes of 10 somonis’ denomination.

15:18, april 14, 2008

Two residents of Nourobod sentenced to life imprisonment for triple killing

DUSHANBE, April 14, Asia-Plus - Two residents of the Nourobod district, some 100 kilometers east of Dushanbe, have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

17:22, april 12, 2008

Vose entrepreneur faces charge of fraud and arbitrariness

KULOB, April 12, Asia-Plus -- The Kulob prosecutor’s office has issued an arrest warrant for resident of Khatlon’s Vose district Azamjon Mirzoyev, who is also known in the region as Azam the

11:45, april 12, 2008

Sughd prosecutor denies hunger-strike report

KHUJAND, April 12, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd prosecutor Khairullo Saidov has denied the fact that woman being held at a pretrial detention facility in Khujand went on hunger strike as “unfounded.

15:28, april 11, 2008

Guilt of suspects in murder of Russian TV reporter proven, says chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, April 11, Asia-Plus -- Guilt of two Tajik nationals suspected of killing of the Russian TV reporter, Ilyas Shurpayev, has practically been proven, Prosecutor-General Bobojon

10:32, april 10, 2008

Alleged accomplice of killer detained in Kulob

KULOB, April 10, Asia-Plus -- An accomplice of Mahmadali Hakimov, the resident of Khatlon’s Khovaling district, who shot to death his wife and brother-in-law and seriously wounded his

13:31, april 9, 2008

Suspects in murder of Russian reporter face charges of murder and robbery

The Tajik Prosecutor-Generalâ€™s Office yesterday announced formal charges against two Tajik nationals, who are suspected of killing of the Russian TV reporter, Ilyas Shurpayev.

11:54, april 9, 2008

Anticorruption officers sentenced to 7 years for abusing office

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus - The Supreme Court sentenced Fayzali Aminov, an officer from the Agency fro State Financial Control and Combating Corruption, to seven years in prison on April 8.

10:10, april 9, 2008

Two Tajik nationals charged with murder of Russian reporter

DUSHANBE, April 9, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik Prosecutor General''s Office has charged two Tajik nationals with the murder of the Russian TV reporter, Ilyas Shurpayev, the first Deputy Prosecutor

20:33, april 8, 2008

M&P top manager sentenced to 8½ year in prison

The Supreme Court today ruled that the M&P top manager Marouf Orifov be given a jail term of 8 years and six months and that he should serve it in a high-security penal colony.

10:22, april 8, 2008

M&P top manager claims that with his arrest budget lost TJS 5 million

DUSHANBE, April 8, Asia-Plus -- “With my arrest, the country’s budget has lost 5 million somonis (TJS)”, Marouf Orifov, the director general of the Dushanbe company M&P, remarked on April

14:12, april 7, 2008

Prosecutors produce additional evidences to prove Tajik nationals’ complicity in murder of Russian reporter

DUSHANBE, April 7, Asia-Plus -- The Tajik Prosecutor-General’s Office will formally bring charges against two Tajik nationals – Masrurjon Yatimov and Najmiddin Muhiddinov -- who are suspected

13:16, april 5, 2008

Prosecutor asks for 4-year sentence to M&P top manager

DUSHANBE, April 5, Asia-Plus -- A sentence on Marouf Oripov, director general of the Dushanbe company M&P, which owns a chain of supermarkets Orima in Dushanbe and Kulob, is expected to

15:22, april 4, 2008

Trial of M&P top manager nears completion

DUSHANBE, April 4, Asia-Plus -- Trial of Marouf Oripov, director general of the Dushanbe company M&P, which owns a chain of supermarkets Orima in Dushanbe and Kulob, that resumed today is