Tajkistan, Law-order

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,

12:40, september 23, 2008

Dodojon Atovulloyev faces charges of calling for overthrowing constitutional order in Tajikistan

Tajik Prosecutor-Generalâ€™s Office has instituted criminal proceedings against Dodojon Atovulloyev, editor-in-chief of a Moscow-based Tajik opposition newspaper Charoghi Rouz and leader of the

20:01, september 20, 2008

Kulob resident faces rape charge

KULOB, September 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Kulob prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against a 24-year-old Saymumin Sherov, resident of the village of Somon in the

19:17, september 20, 2008

Dangerous criminal detained in Kulob

KULOB, September 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Dangerous criminal was detained in Kulob on September 19.

11:01, september 18, 2008

Rapist sentenced to life imprisonment

KHUJAND, September 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A court in the Sughd province has sentenced a 33-year-old resident of Khujand to life imprisonment for having sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl.

18:39, september 17, 2008

Two Uzbeks detained in northern Tajikistan for cattle stealing

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two Uzbek nationals – a 46-year-old Sayfiddin Yoqubov and a 36-year-old Sharif Ghaybulloyev – were detained in the Panjakent district, Sughd

19:24, september 16, 2008

Crime rate decreasing in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In January-August 2008, 7,928 crimes have been reported in Tajikistan, which is 4.

13:00, september 16, 2008

Three foreign nations get long jail terms for drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Three foreign nationals have got long jail terms for drug trafficking.

14:24, september 15, 2008

New details emerge on police operation in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- New details emerged just now on the operation carried out by special investigation group of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in the northern city of

12:23, september 12, 2008

One steals 8 tons of fuel oil from enterprise in Taboshar

KHUJAND, September 12, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A 26-year-old resident of Sughd’s Mastchoh district Naim Bobojonov faces charge of having stolen eight tons of fuel oil from the territory of the

10:29, september 12, 2008

Cases of illegal fuels-and-lubricants shipments become more frequent in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, September 12, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Cases of illegal shipment of fuels and lubricants to northern Tajikistan bypassing customs posts have become more frequent.

15:35, september 11, 2008

Participants in September 5 attack on police officer in Isfara reportedly have ties to IMU

KHUJAND, September 11, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Three persons involved in a September 5 attack on police officer in the northern city of Isfara reportedly have ties with the Islamic Movement of

12:20, september 11, 2008

Female fraud detained in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 11, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A female fraud, which is suspected of having misappropriated more than 16,000 US dollars, has been detained in Dushanbe.

17:25, september 10, 2008

Burglar sought in jewelry thefts detained in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A 23-year-old resident of Dushanbe Dilshod Elbekov has been detained by officers from police department 2 in Dushanbe’s Sino district on suspicion

10:35, september 6, 2008