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Another trial took place in the criminal case of Nofel Safarov, accused of killing three family members and wounding one person in the village of Buzovna, Khazar district of Baku. APA reports that the defendant’s lawyer spoke at the hearing chaired by Judge Leyla Askerova-Mamedova at the Baku Serious Crimes Court. He asked to acquit […]

A criminal case has been initiated in the Main Anti-Corruption Directorate under the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan, an investigation has been conducted in connection with the receipt of a large bribe by the senior adviser to the department for work with territorial administration and local self-government bodies of the Office of the Head of the […]

As a result of operational activities carried out by police officers, on March 9 and 10, more than 43 kg of narcotic drugs were discovered and seized in Azerbaijan. Report was informed about this by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. More than 2 kg of heroin, more than 37.2 kg of […]

On March 9, the Khatai District Court of Baku decided to arrest Ruslan Izzetli, detained in the Toplum TV case. Report informs, a decision on this matter was made at a meeting chaired by Judge Sulkhana Hajiyeva. A preventive measure was chosen against R. Izzetli in the form of arrest for a period of 4 […]

In 2023, the Financial Monitoring Service of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan carried out control activities in 126 organizations receiving funds from the state budget. The Ministry of Finance reported this to APA-Economics. As a result of inspections in 90 organizations, excessive and unjustified payments in the amount of 586.9 million […]

A person put on the wanted list by Russia has been extradited to this country. As APA reports, this was reported by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan. The request of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia for the extradition of Russian citizen Alexey Olegovich Kuntsevich, born in 1995, who was put on the interstate […]

The Baku Grave Crimes Court recently completed the trial of 34-year-old resident of the Agdam district Gunesh Gasymova, accused of large-scale fraud, haqqin.az reports with reference to the investigation materials. Thus, Gasymova abused the trust of her friend Valida Gahramanova (name and surname have been changed – ed.), convincing the latter of her ability to […]

An Azerbaijani citizen was arrested for financing terrorism. As APA reports, in a criminal case initiated by the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan Abit Mardanov was arrested for criminal acts and charged under Article 214-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Combating Drugs conducted an operation called “Narkotələ-40,” APA reports citing the ministry’s press service. Thus, the Main Directorate for Combating Drugs during February carried out more than 40 operations in capitals and regions against drug trafficking. As a result, 52 people and 3 members of […]

A criminal case has been opened against Speaker of the III Republican Platform Akif Gurbanov, oxu.az reports with reference to his lawyer Shahla Humbatova. According to her, A. Gurbanov was charged under Article 206.3.2 (Smuggling committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy) of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic. Toplum TV employee […]