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From January to March of this year, law enforcement agencies in Azerbaijan registered 7,738 crimes, 85.9% of which were solved. According to Report, Minister of Internal Affairs  Vilayat Eyvazov announced this at an online meeting of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Board dedicated to the results of the first quarter of 2026.

According to him, 90.1% of crimes registered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and prosecutorial authorities in Azerbaijan were solved during the reporting period. Crime rates decreased by 4.9% compared to the same period in 2025.

Also, 2,310 tons of narcotics were seized from illegal circulation, an increase of 648 kg compared to the same period last year.

The Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan recommended that parliament clarify the provisions of the Criminal Code regarding evasion of military service, Report informs. The decision was made at a meeting of the Constitutional Court Plenum chaired by Judge Farhad Abdullayev.

The meeting considered a constitutional case filed by the Azerbaijani Prosecutor’s Office regarding the interpretation of certain legal provisions in the context of Part I of Article 76 of the Constitution. Specifically, Articles 321 and 321.1 of the Criminal Code, Articles 606 and 606.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, and Article 45 of the Law “On Military Duty and Military Service” were analyzed.

The plenum heard reports and positions from stakeholders, including the Prosecutor’s Office and the Milli Majlis, as well as the opinions of the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Baku Court of Appeal, the Center for Legal Expertise and Legislative Initiatives, the Bar Association, and an expert—Professor Sh. Samedova, Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at Baku State University.

Following the discussions, the court issued a decision citing the need to improve Article 321 of the Criminal Code. The Constitutional Court sent a corresponding recommendation to the Milli Majlis.

In Azerbaijan, the state prosecutor has requested a seven-year prison sentence for Gahraman Shamil oglu Mammadov, a former senior assistant to the military attaché, who was detained in Turkey with 70 kg of gold. According to Report, the completion of the trial was announced at the Baku Military Court, presided over by Judge Fikret Aliyev.

It is noted that Gahraman Mammadov served as the chief assistant to the military attaché of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the United States.

Mammadov was detained by Turkish law enforcement while taking a taxi to an Istanbul hotel to deliver gold bars to a conspirator.

He was prosecuted under Articles 12.1, 206.3.2, 12.1-1, 206.3.3 (smuggling committed by an Azerbaijani citizen outside the country as part of a group of persons by prior conspiracy using official position) and 12.1-1, 341.1 (abuse of office or exceeding official powers committed by an Azerbaijani citizen outside the country) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.