Tajkistan, Law-order

12:55, march 6, 2008

GBAO anticorruption directorate reveals more than 1.3 million TJS worth of corruption-related damage

DUSHANBE, March 6, Asia-Plus – Over the first two months of this year, officers from the GBAO anticorruption directorate have revealed more than 1.

18:27, march 5, 2008

Officials with one of jamoats in Norak accused of illegally allotting lands for housing

QURGHON TEPPA, March 5, Asia-Plus -- A city prosecutor’s office in Norak has instituted criminal proceedings against several officials with one of jamoats in Norak, who are accused of

11:41, march 3, 2008

Vakhsh resident gets 20-year jail term for raping his minor cousin

QURGHON TEPPA, March 3, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khatlon’s Vakhsh district Safarmurod Ghulomov has got 20-year term of jail after having been convicted by a district court in Khatlon’s

11:15, february 28, 2008

GBAO prosecutor’s office launches investigation into attack on Khorog police department

DUSHANBE, February 28, Asia-Plus -- A regional prosecutor’s office in Gorno Badakhshan has launched investigation into a February 23 attack on the Khorog police department.

20:19, february 27, 2008

GBAO prosecutor’s office launches investigation into attack on Khorog police department

DUSHANBE, February 27, Asia-Plus -- A regional prosecutor’s office in Gorno Badakhshan has launched investigation into a February 23 attack on the Khorog police department.

12:42, february 27, 2008

A group of gambling machine cheaters detained in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, February 27, Asia-Plus -- A group of alleged gambling machine cheaters has been detained in northern Tajikistan, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

18:45, february 25, 2008

Trial of anticorruption officer starts in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, February 25, Asia-Plus -- The trial of officer from the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption Fayzali Aminov began in the Supreme Court on February 25.

16:00, february 23, 2008

Isfara agriculture official faces extortion charge

KHUJAND, February 23, Asia-Plus -- Criminal proceedings have been instituted against Mirzosharif Rahmonov, an official with the Isfara agriculture department, who faces charge of extortion,

16:14, february 21, 2008

Counterfeit banknotes confiscated from three visitors of one of Dushanbe disco clubs

DUSHANBE, February 21, Asia-Plus -- Tajik law enforcement authorities have reported the seizure of counterfeit banknotes in Dushanbe.

19:34, february 19, 2008

Five arrested in Dushanbe on suspicion of having attacked Russian servicemen

DUSHANBE, February 19, Asia-Plus -- A group of young men numbering five persons have been detained in Dushanbe on suspicion of having attacked servicemen of Russian military base deployed

11:26, february 18, 2008

Head of farming unit in Konibodom faces fraud charge

KHUJAND, February 18, Asia-Plus -- 36 residents of the Patar jamoat in Sughd’s Konibodom district have lost totaling 66,000 US dollars, 30,500 somonis and 92,300 Russian rubles through fraud

19:29, february 15, 2008

Head of Shuroobod coalfield arrested for embezzlement of state funds

QURGHON TEPPA, February 15, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Khatlon anticorruption agency have detained Ghayrtali Hotamov, the head of the coalfield Koni Angisht in Khatlon’s Shuroobod

19:22, february 15, 2008

Official with Panj standardization agency faces bribery charge

QURGHON TEPPA, February 15, Asia-Plus -- Safar Aliyev, an official with the Panj agency for standardization, metrology, certification and trade inspection, has been arrested on suspicion of

16:55, february 15, 2008

Capital resident sentenced to 6 years in prison for preventing eviction o his family from hostel

DUSHANBE, February 5, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe resident Bobojon Amirov has been sentenced to six years in prison for preventing bailiffs and police from forcibly evicting his family from family

11:32, february 15, 2008

Kulob market head faces charge of violation of fire code

KULOB, February 15, Asia-Plus -- The Kulob regional prosecutor’s office has completed investigation into case of Joumakhon

18:32, february 13, 2008

More than 2 kg of heroin seized by customs officers in Sughd on Tuesday

KHUJAND, February 13, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Sughd customs directorate have worded off an attempt by smugglers to transport more than 2 kilograms of heroin, Asia-Plus has learned at

18:11, february 13, 2008

Woman in Sughd sells her newborn baby for some $350

KHUJAND, February 13, Asia-Plus -- A woman from the Bobojonghafruov district has sold her newborn baby to a family from the

12:08, february 12, 2008

Danghara resident detained for fraud

KULOB, February 12, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khatlon’s Danghara district Nemon Qosimov has been arrested on suspicion of having

15:25, february 11, 2008

7,568 crimes committed by Tajik nationals in Russia last year

DUSHANBE, February 11, Asia-Plus -- According to information received from Russia’s Ministry оf Interior, Tajik nationals committed 7,569 crimes in the territory of the Russian Federation last

15:41, february 8, 2008

Special group set up to investigate Gharm incident

DUSHANBE, February 8, Asia-Plus -- A special group, comprising officers from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Prosecutor-General’s Office, has been set up to carry out investigation in

11:24, february 8, 2008

Negligence of Dushanbegaz controllers allegedly causes December 7 domestic gas in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE February 8, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe prosecutor’s office attributes a domestic gas blast that occurred in one housing estates of Dushanbe on December 7, 2007 to negligence of

15:39, february 7, 2008

Former security officer sentenced to 14 year in prison

DUSHANBE, February 7, Asia-Plus -- Former security officer has got a long jail term for a number crimes, including drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons.

11:55, february 7, 2008

Two Tajiks detained in Moscow for robbing their fellow-countrymen

DUSHANBE, February 7, Asia-Plus - Two Tajik nationals have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of robbing passengers on the rail route from Dushanbe to Moscow, Muhammad Egamzod, press

16:18, february 6, 2008

Mass fight involving some 50 people occurs outside Agroinvestbonk’s head office in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, February 6, Asia-Plus -- A mass fight involving some 50 young men occurred outside a head office of Agroinvestbonk in Dushanbe Tuesday afternoon.

15:57, february 6, 2008

Lecturer at Khujand University arrested for bribery

KHUJAND, February 6, Asia-Plus -- Lecturer at Khujand State University has been arrested on suspicion of having taken bribe from students.

19:13, february 5, 2008

MoI releases statement on he Gharm incident

In a statement released on February 5, in particular, names persons involved in an attack on the OMON servicemen.

15:23, february 5, 2008

Member of Mouminobod legislature faces charges of polygamy and killing

QURGHON TEPPA, February 5, Asia-Plus -- A regional prosecutor’s office in the Khatlon province has instituted criminal proceedings against member of the Mouminobod district legislature

13:05, february 1, 2008

One of supporters of rebellious Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev gets long jail term

DUSHANBE, February 1, Asia-Plus -- Ahmad Rahmonov, one of supporters of the rebellious Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev, has got a long jail term.

11:46, january 29, 2008

Case of journalists closed; the sides reconciled

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus - A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district held the last hearing of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza (Rumors)

14:13, january 28, 2008

Internationally wanted Georgia’s citizen detained in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- A 38-year-old citizen of Georgia Givi Kupradze has been detained in Tajikistan for armed robbery, a source at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) told Asia-Plus