Tajkistan, Law-order

17:04, october 20, 2008

Over 9,000 crimes reported in Tajikistan this year

DUSHANBE, October 20, 2008, Asia-Plus - In a report released at a press conference in Dushanbe, Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov revealed on October 20 that 9,044 crimes have been

13:37, october 20, 2008

71 corruption-related criminal proceedings instituted in Sughd this year

KHUJAND, October 20, 2008, Asia-plus -- 71 corruption-related criminal proceedings have been instituted in the northern Sughd province over the first nine months of this year and 40 criminal

13:45, october 17, 2008

Rumi police department chief faces charges abuse authority and illegal currency transactions

QURGHON TEPPA, October 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Criminal case of Rahmon Sharipov, the chief of the police department in Khatlon’s Rumi district, will move to a court in the near future, the

15:04, october 16, 2008

Most servicemen convicted this year charged with desertion

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, the military board of the Supreme Court has considered 482 criminal proceedings instituted against military

13:39, october 16, 2008

Trial of Jourayev’s confederates going on in Sughd

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The trial of a group of confederates of the former director of the Isfara chemical plant also ex-member of the Sughd regional legislature (Majlis),

16:52, october 14, 2008

Trial of municipal officials starts in Khujand

Former deputy Khujand mayor and six other municipal officials are stand trial for abuse of authorities.

15:24, october 14, 2008

Supreme Court rejects appeal by killer

KHUJAND, October 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Supreme Court has upheld the Sughd regional court’s verdict against a 44-year-old resident of Khujand Maqsoudjon Nabiyev, who was convicted of the

14:44, october 13, 2008

16 persons detained on suspicion of being confederates of S. Langariyev, deputy prosecutor says

DUSHANBE, October 13, Asia-Plus -- The first deputy Tajik chief prosecutor, Abdusami Dadaboyev, told a press conference in Dushanbe on October 13 that 16 nationals of Tajikistan and

14:31, october 13, 2008

Prosecutor-general’s office reportedly solves murder of the special police unit commander

Persons, suspected of having been involved in killing of Colonel Oleg Zakharchenko, commander of the special police unit, have already been identified; however, nobody of them has been detained so

13:25, october 13, 2008

Dodojon Atovulloyev will be detained sooner or later, says Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, October 13, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The name of Dodojon Atovulloyev, the editor-in-chief of a Moscow-based Tajik newspaper Charoghi Rouz (Day of Light) and the founder of an

10:29, october 13, 2008

Khatlon authorities concerned over large number of female crimes

QURGHON TEPPA, October 13, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The law enforcement authorities in the southern Khatlon province are concerned about a large number of crimes committed by women.

14:32, october 9, 2008

Two Sughd entrepreneurs get long jail terms for tax evasion and other crimes

KHUJAND, October 9, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two entrepreneurs in the Sughd province have got long jail terms for tax evasion and other crimes.

10:47, october 9, 2008

Nine criminal proceedings instituted against 11 Sughd law enforcement officers this year

KHUJAND, October 9, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Since the beginning of this year, nine criminal proceedings have been instituted against 11 Sughd law enforcement officers, according to press service

13:51, october 8, 2008

Two drunken men detained in Sughd for killing their wives

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two drunken men were detained din the Sughd province for killing their wives.

12:08, october 8, 2008

Woman from Istaravshan faces human trafficking charge

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

10:44, october 8, 2008

Constitutional legal proceedings improvement issues to be discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting formally titled “Improvement of the Constitutional Legal Proceedings in Tajikistan” will be held in the building of the Constitutional

11:21, october 7, 2008

Killer of Muhiddin Olimpour sentenced to 15 years

DUSHANBE, October 7, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Supreme Court sentenced the resident of the city of Vahdat, Nasrullo Sharipov, who is considered to be the main killer of known Tajik culture

17:12, october 3, 2008

Anticorruption agency institutes criminal proceedings against NBT senior teller

DUSHANBE, October 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has instituted criminal proceedings against Mustafo Asrorov, a senior teller with the

15:10, october 3, 2008

Ex-director of Norak HPS faces charges of embezzling state funds

DUSHANBE, October 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has instituted criminal proceedings against Mahmadullo Qurbonov, ex-director of the

11:29, october 3, 2008

One reportedly cheats Sughd residents out of $98,000 promising them study permits to USA

KHUJAND, October 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd police directorate is continuing to receive applications from local residents against a 28-year-old resident of the Bobojonghafurov district,

11:02, october 3, 2008

Muminobod resident jailed for raping his niece

KULOB October 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A man has been jailed for 25 years for raping and abusing his niece.

13:53, october 2, 2008

Former chief of frontier post in Hamadoni gets long jail term

KULOB, October 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Bahrom Habibov, head of the farming unit Khoja Partov in Khatlon’s Vose district and former chief frontier post # 8 deployed in Khatlon’s Hamadoni

19:38, september 30, 2008

Panjakent resident sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing his sister

KHUJAND, September 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Resident of the northern city of Panjakent has got a long jail term for killing his sister.

13:29, september 30, 2008

Top managers of tour operator convicted of deceiving pilgrims last year

DUSHANBE, September 30, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Top managers of the tour operator Kholid Muzaffar have got long jail terms for deceiving 700 pilgrims last year, according to the Shuroi Adliya

10:20, september 27, 2008

Trial of alleged killer of Muhiddin Olimpour begins in Supreme Court

DUSHANBE, September 27, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The trial of the resident of the city of Vahdat, Nasrullo Sharipov, who is considered to be the main killer of known Tajik culture figure and

17:40, september 25, 2008

21 Tajik and Afghan nationals detained on suspicion of being confederates of Suhrob Langariyev

DUSHANBE, September 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- 21 nationals of Tajikistan and Afghanistan have been detained by Tajik law enforcement authorities in Tajikistan so far on suspicion of having been

17:15, september 24, 2008

Tajikistan ranked 151st among 180 countries by perceived level of corruption

DUSHANBE, September 24, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Transparency International’s (IT) 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), launched on September 23, ranks Tajikistan 151st among 180 countries by

17:14, september 24, 2008

Afghan drug trafficker escapes from pretrial detention facility in Khorog 4

DUSHANBE, September 24, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two Afghan drug traffickers have managed to escape from the pretrial detention facility in Khorog, Gorno Badakhshan, according the Ministry of

17:50, september 23, 2008

I anticipated such decision from Tajik authorities: Charoghi Rouz editor

â€œRepresentatives of Tajik law enforcement authorities have repeatedly conducted negotiations with their Russian colleagues on my extradition to Tajikistan.

14:51, september 23, 2008

Brutal killing of woman solved in Roudaki district

DUSHANBE, September 23, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Roudaki police department have solved a brutal killing of local woman that was committed on September 16, Mahmadullo Asadulloyev,