Tajkistan, Law-order

15:01, december 4, 2007

Tajik police seize large bulk of precious stones

DUSHANBE, December 4, Asia-Plus -- Tajik law enforcement officials has reported that they yesterday seized a large bulk of precious stones in Dushanbe’s Sino district

17:20, november 30, 2007

UN Convention against Corruption discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 30, Asia-Plus -- A roundtable meeting formally titled “The United Nations Convention against Corruption: Ratification and Priorities” opened at the Asia Grand Hotel in

16:18, november 29, 2007

Phytosanitary control specialist detained for issuing faked certificate

Anticorruption agency has instituted criminal proceedings against specialist from the phytosanitary control department at the Khonaqo railway station, who is charged with issuing faked certificate

19:01, november 26, 2007

Tajikistan reports large precursor haul

DUSHANBE, November 26, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Sughd counternarcotics directorate have detained alleged smuggler in Sughd’s Konibodom district and confiscated 1,854 kilograms of

11:20, november 22, 2007

One arrested for killing family in Nourobod

Resident of Nourobod, eastern Tajikistan has been detained on suspicion having killed family.

20:33, november 5, 2007

Imprisoned Legkopromcontract director goes on hunger strike

DUSHANBE, November 7, Asia-Plus -- An imprisoned director general of the State Unitary Enterprise Legkopromcontract, 54-year-old Rahmatullo Turmanov, has gone on hunger strike, “protesting

15:18, november 3, 2007

Afghan national detained in Tajik capital with more than 45 kilos of drugs

DUSHANBE, November 3, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Interior Ministry directorate for combating drug trafficking (drug police) have warded off an attempt of drug pushing in Dushanbe,

13:30, november 1, 2007

Murder of two sisters in northern Tajikistan solved, murderers detained

Officers from the Sughd police directorate have solved murder of two underage girls and the alleged murderers have been arrested.

17:07, october 31, 2007

Two judges in Khatlon arrested for bribery

DUSHANBE, October 31, Asia-Plus -- Two judges in the southern Khatlon province have been arrested on suspicion of having been involved in corruption, Asia-Plus has learned at the Agency for

19:29, october 30, 2007

Military recruitment officer detained for bribery

KHUJAND, October 30, Asia-Plus -- Officer from the Bobojonghafurov military registration and enlistment office has been detained on suspicion of having been involved bribery.

13:35, october 29, 2007

Guard of site for Dushanbe water park detained on suspicion of maintaining house of prostitution

DUSHANBE, October 29, Asia-Plus -- The 60-year-old Hokim Mouminov, who works as guard at the site for the Dushanbe water park, has been detained on suspicion of maintaining house of

12:29, october 26, 2007

Young woman brutally killed in Dushanbe

25-year-old Nazokat Karimova, the daughter of the former deputy head of the Tajik Customs Committee Alinazar Imomnazarov, who was killed in car blast in 1998, was found dead in her apartment

13:35, october 24, 2007

No terrorist or extremist clandestine organizations active in Tajikistan: interior minister

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov told a news conference in Dushanbe on October 23 that there are no any terrorist or extremist underground organizations in

12:58, october 24, 2007

99 persons detained this year on suspicion of pandering and maintaining houses of prostitution

DUSHANBE, October 24, Asia-Plus -- Over the first nine months of this year, 99 persons have been detained in Tajikistan on suspicion of pandering and maintaining houses of prostitution,

14:59, october 23, 2007

26 members of transnational criminal groups detained in joint operations carried out by Tajik and Russian MoIs this year

DUSHANBE, October 23, Asia-Plus -- 10 joint operations carried out by Tajik and Russian interior ministries this year have led to the arrest of 26 members of transnational criminal groups

18:02, october 19, 2007

Anticorruption agency chief says some 3,500 tons of cement misappropriated at Sangtuda-1 project site

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus -- Inspection carried out by the Agency for State Financial Control And Combating Corruption at the Sangtuda-1 project site revealed that some 3,500 tons of

17:09, october 19, 2007

M&P top manager charged with bribe giving and tax evasion, says anticorruption agency chief

DUSHANBE, October 19, Asia-Plus - The Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted criminal proceedings against Marouf Oripov, director general of the company M&P, which operates a chain of

14:38, october 19, 2007

Monthly wages of officers combating corruption fluctuate from $100 to $300

The anticorruption agency chief says that to ensure adequate fight against corruption it is necessary to raise wages of the anticorruption agency officers, who now receive from $100 to $300 per month.

16:36, october 17, 2007

Director of Rudaki poultry factory faces charge of illegal allotment of 43 ha of lands for housing

DUSHANBE, October 17, Asia-Plus -- Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov told a news conference in Dushanbe on October 17 that the Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted criminal proceedings

13:56, october 17, 2007

Orima top manager held in pretrial detention facility of GKNB: Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, October 17, Asia-Plus -- Marouf Oripov, director general of the company M&P, which operates a chain of supermarkets Orima in Tajikistan, is currently being held at the pretrial

13:43, october 12, 2007

Robber kills two underage girls in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 12, Asia-Plus -- A robber broke into the residence of Mahkamov in the Kistakuz settlement, Sughd province yesterday, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said.

10:24, october 11, 2007

Over 20 kilos of heroin seized at Khujand airport yesterday

DUSHANBE, October 11, Asia-Plus -- Customs officers at the Khujand airport have warded off an attempt by drug courier to transport more than 20 kilograms of heroin to the Russian Federation,

10:30, october 10, 2007

Complainant hopes for results of results of linguistic examination

DUSHANBE, October 9, Asia-Plus -- Linguistic examination of an article critical of a Tajik singer Raihona Rahimova made by the Institute of [Tajik] Language and Literature of the Academy of

15:45, october 9, 2007

Trial of three female reporters for Tajik tabloid newspaper was adjourned as complainant did not come

DUSHANBE, October 9, Asia-Plus -- The trial of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza (Rumors) was expected to begin in a court of Dushanbe’s Firdavsi

12:42, october 9, 2007

CIS chief prosecutors gather in Armenia to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, October 9, Asia-Plus -- The Armenian capital city of Yerevan has hosted a session of the coordination council of the CIS chief prosecutors.

12:23, october 9, 2007

Police officer charged with drug trafficking granted partial amnesty

DUSHANBE, October 9, Asia-Plus -- Officer from the Ministry of Interior (MoI), Captain Sharif Tourayev has got a long term of jail for drug trafficking and polygamy.

10:15, october 9, 2007

Trial of three female reporters for Tajik tabloid newspaper expected to start today

The trial of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza, charged with defamation and insult, is expected to begin in a court of Dushanbeâ€™s Firdavsi district today.

13:20, october 1, 2007

Border officer faces office abuse and misappropriation charges

KULOB, October 1, Asia-Plus -- Colonel Bahriddin Mouminjonov, the former chief of border unit 2135 deployed in the Kulob region of Khatlon, was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of

11:40, september 29, 2007

Accomplice to murder of Muhiddin Olimpour gets long jail term

DUSHANBE, September 29, Asia-Plus -- Aslan Usmonov, charged with being involved in murder of known Tajik culture figure and journalists Muhiddin Olimpour, has got a jail term of 15

11:03, september 29, 2007

Case of criminal ring, charged with numerous killings, moves to court

DUSHANBE, September 29, Asia-Plus -- The Prosecutor-General’s Office has completed investigation into case of three members of organized criminal grouping, charged with numerous