Tajkistan, Law-order

12:46, january 21, 2011

Drug control officers seize 38 kilos of narcotics in Dushanbe on Thursday

DUSHANBE, January 21, 2011, Asia-Plus -- An operation by officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) has led to the seizure of a large amount of narcotics in Dushanbe.

12:38, january 21, 2011

Director of Intourist-Tajikistan’s branch in Sughd reimburses part of money to unaccomplished Hajjis

KHUJAND, January 21, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Director of the branch of Intourist-Tajikistan (Tajik travel agency) in Sughd province, Nabi Gulmatov, who is now under custody, has reimbursed part of money

11:12, january 20, 2011

Amount of narcotics seized in GBAO reportedly halves

KHOROG, January 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Khorog, the chief of the Drug Control Agency (DCA)’s office in Gorno Badakhshan, Marodusein Aliyorov, noted on

09:23, january 20, 2011

Tajik drug control officers seize large amount of raw opium in Tursunzoda

DUSHANBE, January 20, 2011, Asia-Plus // -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) have seized a large amount of opium in Tursunzoda district, the DCA press service reports.

16:57, january 19, 2011

Woman from Sughd faces human trafficking charge

KHUJAND, January 19, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Hilola Otayeva, 34, from Shahriston district faces human trafficking charge.

12:41, january 19, 2011

Police break up robbery gang in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik law enforcement have broken up a robbery gang in Dushanbe.

09:33, january 19, 2011

Crime reportedly decreases in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, January 19, 2011, Asia-Plus -- In 2010, 314 crimes were reported in Gorno Badakhshan, which is 21.

13:21, november 17, 2010

Convicted IRP activist released from prison ahead of time

DUSHANBE, November 17, 2010, Asia-Plus -- An activist of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP), Muhammadruzi Burhonov, who was sentenced for one year in prison, was released earlier ahead of the

21:19, november 13, 2010

Woman from Khovaling stands trial for killing her 6-year-old stepdaughter

KULOB, November 13, 2010 Asia-Plus -- The Kulob city court has begun to consider criminal proceedings instituted against 33-year-old resident of the village of Chuqurak in Khovaling district,

17:23, november 12, 2010

Recruitment officer from Shahritus faces bribery charge

QURGHON TEPPA, November 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon anticorruption directorate has instituted criminal proceedings against Ismoil Murodov, a specialist from the Shahritus military

11:59, november 11, 2010

Top manager of Tajikistan’s largest construction company detained

Case of the Movarounnahr top manager has been referred to the Prosecutor-General’s.

14:53, november 3, 2010

Ex-drug dealer arrested again in Chkalovsk

DUSHANBE, November 3, 2010, Asia-Plus - A regular drug related crime prevented in Sughd District of Tajikistan. A 35-year-old U.U.

13:34, october 27, 2010

Tajikistan ranked 154th among 178 countries in terms of corruption

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The International Transparency (IT)’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for this year ranks Tajikistan with 2.

12:22, october 27, 2010

Director of Vatan radio station faces fraud charge

Director general of the Dushanbe independent radio station, Vatan, has not given back more than 4 million somoni taken from legal and physical entities for various projects.

10:35, october 27, 2010

Judge from Qairoqqum court sentenced to 7 years in prison for bribery

KHUJAND, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Supreme Court has sentenced Ashour Ruziyev, a judge from the Qairoqqum city court, to seven years in prison, according to the Sughd anticorruption

10:19, october 27, 2010

Education reportedly remains the most corrupt sphere in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, officers from the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption detected 736

18:06, october 26, 2010

Corruption costs Tajikistan at 77.7 mln somoni in Jan-Sept 2010

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, 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

17:35, october 26, 2010

Son of former Tajik chief prosecutor to stand trial soon

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Investigation into case of Fayzullo Bobokhonov, the son of former Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov, has practically been completed and it

17:25, october 26, 2010

Investigator instituting criminal proceedings against former deputy head of SCNS fired

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- An investigator from the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption who instituted criminal proceedings against Qosimjon Ghafarov,

11:40, october 26, 2010

Corrupt regional police official gets jail term of 8 years

KHUJAND, October 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A senior officer from the Bobojonghafurov police department, Sughd province has got a long jail term for bribery.

15:04, october 25, 2010

Two border guards get long jail terms fro drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, October 25, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Two border guards have got long jail terms for drug trafficking.

13:19, october 20, 2010

Crime rate decreasing in Gorno Badakhshan

KHOROG, October 20, 2010, Asia-Plus -- 228 crimes have been reported in Gorno Badakhshan over the first nine months of this year, which is 89 cases fewer than in the same period last year,

14:08, october 15, 2010

No grounds for review of criminal case of ex-DPT chairman, says Supreme Court chairman

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2010, Asia-Plus -- There are no any grounds for review of the criminal case against former chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan Mahmadruzi Iskandarov.

13:38, october 14, 2010

Sughd prosecutor’s office investigates 11 cases against 18 local law enforcement officers this year

KHUJAND, October 14, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, Sughd prosecutors have conducted 610 inspections and more than 3,500 injunctions and objections as well as 703

19:31, october 13, 2010

37 Sughd residents detained abroad this year for drug trafficking

KHUJAND, October 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, 37 residents of Sughd province have been detained abroad for drug trafficking, Sughd chief prosecutor Yusuf

12:38, october 13, 2010

Village teacher detained in Sughd for drug pushing

KHUJAND, October 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A village teacher has been detained in Sughd province on suspicion of having been involved in drug pushing.

18:44, october 12, 2010

Investigation into case of the son of former Tajik chief prosecutor under way

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Investigation into case of Fayzullo Bobokhonov, the son of former Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobokhon Bobojonov, is going on.

17:35, october 12, 2010

Prosecutor-general’s office drops criminal proceedings against ex-deputy chief of SCNS

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Prosecutor-General’s Office has studied criminal proceedings instituted against ex-first deputy chairman of the State Committee for National

17:21, october 12, 2010

Dushanbe awaits Russian decision on possible extradition of Tajik tycoon

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Ex-member of the Sughd legislature and the former director general of the chemical plant in the northern city of Isfara, Nizomkhon Jourayev, detained

16:15, october 12, 2010