A search was carried out at the Toplum TV office, APA reports citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
Based on information received in connection with the activities of a group of persons, police officers carried out operational search measures in the office on the street. Chemenzeminli, 98B in the Narimanov district of Baku and at other addresses.
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Based on a complaint received about violations committed in kindergarten No. 184 in the Yasamal district of Baku, the district prosecutor’s office conducted an investigation, 1news.az reports with reference to the press service of the Yasamal district prosecutor’s office.
Based on the results of the investigation, reasonable suspicions were revealed of theft by officials of the specified kindergarten of state property on a large scale by spending food products on 112 children, whose names are not registered in the relevant database, and of abuse of official powers.
Based on this fact, the district prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case under articles 179.2.3, 179.2.4 (“Misappropriation through official position and causing significant damage”), 308.1 (“Abuse of official powers”) and 313 (“Official fraud”) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic .
In 2023, as a result of the work done by the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan, inflated and unjustified payments in the amount of 726 million manats were identified, and during inspections, the perpetrators returned 3.6 million manats of this amount. As APA-Economics reports, this is stated in the report on the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers in 2023.
The report states that the guilty parties ensured the return to the budget of 3.6 million manats out of 8 million manats of inflated payments made due to non-compliance with the requirements of regulations governing the expenditure of funds allocated from the state budget. For administrative violations committed in budgetary organizations identified during inspections, fines in the amount of 57.3 thousand manats were imposed on 59 officials, and the payment of these funds to the state budget was ensured.
During inspections carried out in 90 of the controlled facilities, inflated and unjustified payments in the amount of 718.5 million manats were identified, and the inspection materials were sent by the ministry to the relevant law enforcement agencies to take appropriate measures.
In 2023, 56 people were detained in Azerbaijan on suspicion of corruption, haqqin.az reports with reference to the report of the Cabinet of Ministers for 2023.
According to the document, last year 30 people wanted for corruption crimes were detained.
During the reporting period, the Main Anti-Corruption Directorate under the Prosecutor General completed a preliminary investigation of 280 criminal cases against 405 individuals, of which 224 criminal cases against 336 individuals were sent to the courts for consideration.
On March 6, at about 00:15, the district prosecutor’s office received information about the murder of Ilham Khagverdiev (born 1998) in the village of Lokbatan, Garadagh district. APA reports this with reference to the Garadagh district prosecutor’s office.
During the investigation, reasonable suspicions arose that Mazahir Bayramov (born 2006), during a quarrel based on personal relationships, committed the deliberate murder of his acquaintance Hagverdiev.
In fact, the Garadagh district prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case under Article 120.1 (premeditated murder) of the Criminal Code, Mazahir Bayramov was detained as a suspect on the basis of a decision of the prosecutor’s office.
A preliminary investigation is currently underway.
Last year, as a result of measures to combat crimes in the economic sphere, 3.5 thousand counterfeit banknotes of various denominations were withdrawn from illegal circulation in Azerbaijan, minval.az reports with reference to the report on the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers for 2023
