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Former head of Surakhani district water utility department Mehman Gashimov is accused of receiving bribes, oxu.az reports. He was arrested some time ago during an operation conducted by the Main Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General. According to the charges, M. Gashimov, taking advantage of his official position, repeatedly received bribes from citizens. A preventive […]

Fagani Rahimov, the head of a total of 35 companies that repeatedly won tenders held by state structures, has been arrested, oxu.az reports. The businessman is accused of embezzlement and laundering of money obtained through criminal means. A preventive measure in the form of arrest has been chosen against him until the end of January […]

 A court hearing was held in Azerbaijan in connection with the selection of a preventive measure against Gahraman Shamil oglu Mammadov, Report informs. Gahraman Mammadov is accused in a criminal case investigated by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan under Articles 12.1, 206.3.2, 206.3.3 (smuggling outside the country) and 341.1 (abuse of power or exceeding […]

A premeditated murder committed 31 years ago has been solved in Baku, Report informs citing the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office. According to the agency, as a result of investigative and operational-search activities carried out by the prosecutor’s office and the Nizami District Police Department of Baku, the murder of businessman Ali-Iskender Babayev […]

A criminal case against a criminal group that includes officials, initiated on the fact of smuggling and other serious crimes, has been sent to court, APA reports, citing information distributed by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It is reported that the preliminary investigation has been completed on […]

The investigation of the criminal case of Arif Bakharchiyev, accused of killing two people in the Binagadi district of Baku, has been completed, oxu.az reports. At the trial chaired by the judge of the Baku Court of Grave Crimes Ali Mammadov, the accused was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Thus, on December 31, 2023, […]

TikToker Aybeniz Khalilova (born in 1987), known under the pseudonym Beniz, has been arrested in Azerbaijan, oxu.az reports. By the decision of the Surakhani District Court, a preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen for her. According to the information, H.Karimov filed a complaint with the Surakhani District Police Department and law enforcement […]

The Astara District Court has completed the trial of Iranian citizen S.S. (initials are conditional), accused of illegally crossing the state border, oxu.az reports. At the hearing chaired by Judge Ilgar Mammadov, the verdict was read out, according to which S.S. was sentenced to one year in prison. The verdict states that after serving the […]

The preliminary investigation into the criminal case of former employees of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan accused of bribery and other serious crimes has been completed, oxu.az reports. The investigation was conducted by the Main Department for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General’s Office against the former head of the Tovuz Customs Department Elchin […]

The Border Troops Command of the State Border Service (SBS) has seized drugs worth 162,610,694 manats from illegal circulation since the beginning of its activities in 2017 to date, oxu.az reports. This was stated by Deputy Chief of the SBS, Commander of the Border Troops, Lieutenant General Araz Mammadov during a briefing at the Shamkir […]