Tajkistan, Law-order

15:45, september 5, 2008

Kulob company head faces charge of illegal gathering of ferula

KULOB, September 5, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Thursday September 4, the Kulob prosecutor’s office issued warrant to arrest director of local limited liability company Kova, Qurbonali Gulmurodov,

12:46, september 5, 2008

Tajik court sentences Uganda national to 19 years in prison for drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, September 5, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A woman from Uganda that was detained by customs officers at the Dushanbe airport in late May this year has got a long jail term for drug

18:50, september 4, 2008

Expert in forensic medicine faces charge of bribery

DUSHANBE, September 4, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Alijon Yuldoshev, an expert with the Khatlon regional forensic medicine center, has been detained on suspicion of having taken bribe.

13:27, september 4, 2008

Shepherd faces charge of attempting to rape US female tourist

DUSHANBE, September 4, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Shepherd from the Ishkashim district in Gorno Badakhshan, Chorshanbe Khusravov, has been detained by local police on suspicion of having attempted to

12:57, september 4, 2008

Killer sentenced to life imprisonment

DUSHANBE, September 4, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe has sentenced a 23-year-old resident of Dushanbe Suhrob Tangriyev to life imprisonment.

17:57, september 3, 2008

Sughd customs officers confiscate large consignment of counterfeit beer

DUSHANBE, September 3, Asia-Plus -- A large consignment of counterfeit beer has been intercepted in northern Tajikistan.

11:56, september 3, 2008

Woman from Ayni charged with killing of her newborn baby

KHUJAND, September 3, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A 21-year-old resident of the jamoat of Rarz in Sughd’s Ayni district Farida Mukhtorova is charged with having killed her newborn baby.

17:49, september 2, 2008

Porno distributor detained in Khujand

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- An 18-year-old resident of Khujand Burhon Boymatov has been detained by local police on suspicion of having distributed porno films.

15:07, september 2, 2008

Deputy interior minister heads commission to investigate into attack on Isfara police officers

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Deputy Interior Minister, Major-General Abduajbbor Shamsov, heading a special commission, sent to the Sughd province to investigate into an

10:30, september 2, 2008

Teacher to stand trial for using fake diploma for job

KHUJAND, September 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

13:38, august 29, 2008

Head of jamoat in Vakhsh district sentenced to 5 years in jail for bribery and fraud

QURGHON TEPPA, August 29, 2008, Asia-Plus - A court in the Khatlon province has sentenced head of one of jamoats in Khatlon’s Vakhsh district to five years imprisonment.

19:45, august 26, 2008

Five servicemen to stand trial for bullying in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd military prosecutor’s has completed investigation into case of five servicemen of one of border units deployed in northern Tajikistan and case

19:20, august 26, 2008

Two border guards absent without leave given suspended sentences

KHUJAND, August 26, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A military court in the Sughd province has completed criminal proceedings against two private soldiers of border unit # 2805, deployed in the Panjakent, and

18:40, august 25, 2008

Isfara resident faces theft charge

KHUJAND, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in Sughd’s Isfara district has instituted criminal proceedings against local resident, a 37-year-old Komiljon Abdulazizov, who was

11:56, august 25, 2008

Customs officer detained on suspicion of having taken bribe

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Shohin Najmiddinzoda, an officers with the Sughd customs directorate, has been detained don suspicion of having been involved in bribery, according to

10:17, august 25, 2008

Two police officers convicted of corruption

QURGHON TEPPA, August 25, Asia-Plus -- Two officers from the police department in Khatlon’s Khuroson district have got jail terms for corruption.

18:42, august 22, 2008

Two employees of inspection agencies in Sughd face bribery charges

DUSHANBE, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus - Two employees of inspection agencies in the Sughd province have been arrested on suspicion of having extorted money from managers of the inspected

10:16, august 22, 2008

Khudoiberdiyev’s militant follower gets long jail term

KHUAJND, August 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A regional court in Tajikistan has sentenced militant follower of mutinous Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev to long jail term for his involvement in

11:18, august 21, 2008

Farming unit head faces fraud charges

QURGHON TEPPA, August 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- H. Kholmurodov, head of the farming unit Vatan in Khatlon’s Shahritus district faces charges of fraud and abuse of powers.

12:21, august 20, 2008

Vahdat resident suspected of having killed his 12-year-old son

DUSHANBE, August 20, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A 53-year-old resident of the city of Vahdat Ghulomali Zokirov has been arrested by local police on suspicion of having killed his 12-year-old

14:03, august 15, 2008

Eight members of transnational drug-trafficking group get long jail terms

Eight members of the transnational drug-trafficking group, including four Tajik border guards, have been sentenced to long terms in prison.

17:24, august 12, 2008

Konibodom resident suspected of having taken two Uzbeks hostage

KHUAJND, August 12, 2008 Asia-Plus - A 33-year-old resident the northern city of Konibodom Ghufron Barotov is charged with illegal deprivation of two Uzbek nationals of liberty, according to

12:29, august 11, 2008

Muminobod resident faces charge of killing his stepsister

KULOB, August 11, 2008, Asia-Plus -- On Sunday August 10, the Kulob prosecutor’s office issued a warrant for arrest of the 25-year-old resident of the village of Dehbaland in Khatlon’s

13:56, august 6, 2008

Kulob prosecutor’s office makes objection against verdict passed by Temourmalik court on local entrepreneur

KULOB, August 6, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Kulob prosecutor’s office today made objection against verdict passed by the Temourmalik district court on Azamjon Mirzoyev, former head of the

12:05, august 6, 2008

Violator given life term in jail

KULOB, August 6, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon court for the Kulob region has sentenced the 44-year-old resident of the village of Garabdara in Khatlon’s Muminobod district Tourakhon Ishoqov

17:39, august 5, 2008

Hissor entrepreneur suspected of not paying taxes

DUSHANBE, August 5, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Private entrepreneur from the Hissor district, Toshmurod Jourayev, is suspected of evading tax payments, according to the anticorruption agency.

15:59, august 5, 2008

Vocational-technical deputy director faces bribery charge

DUSHANBE, August 5, 2008, Asia-Plus Amrikhudo Nazriddinov, deputy director of Vocational-Technical Lyceum in Dushanbe, has been detained don suspicion of having been involved in bribery

14:09, august 5, 2008

Two Kulob killers got extended jail terms

KULOB, August 5, 2008, Asia-Plus - A court in Kulob has reconsidered criminal proceedings instituted against four Kulob residents Ravshan Khoushvakhtov, Saidkhon Yormadov, Nourullo Salimov

16:33, august 4, 2008

Three human trafficking cases reported in Khatlon this year

QURGHON TEPPA, August 4, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Three cases of trafficking in persons have been registered in the southern Khatlon province since the beginning of this year, which is one case

13:43, august 4, 2008

Over 13 kilos of gold wares seized by anticorruption officers in two operations in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 4, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Two separate operations carried out by officers from the anticorruption agency in Dushanbe on August 3 led to the seizure of more than 13 kilograms of