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In September 2025, measures to ensure reliable protection of Azerbaijan’s state border and combat smuggling, illegal migration, and drug trafficking were successfully implemented, Oxu.Az reports, citing the State Border Service of Azerbaijan (SBS). It is noted that as a result of anti-smuggling measures, goods worth a total of 8,629,755 manat were identified and seized during […]

Police in the Guba district seized nearly 8 kg of marijuana and heroin, as well as methadone pills, from illegal circulation. According to Report, citing the Ministry of Internal Affairs, police detained 44-year-old Fuad Farkhadov, a previously convicted felon, on suspicion of drug trafficking. During a search, they found 6 kg of marijuana, approximately 2 […]

Bank card fraud, including spoofed calls and attempts to steal personal account information, has increased, Oxu.Az reports, citing the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Azerbaijan. Fraudsters typically pose as bank employees and attempt to obtain card information and confirmation codes sent via SMS. “Remember that no bank employee will ever […]

Azerbaijani border guards prevented the smuggling of approximately 510 kg of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan by sea, Oxu.Az reports, citing the State Border Service (SBS). It is noted that as a result of the operations carried out in the Caspian Sea, members of an organized criminal group were detained who were attempting to transport […]

The Baku Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Hasan Islamov (not his real name), who is accused of fraud, Oxu.Az reports. According to the indictment, in late May 2023, the victim, Alim Mamedov (not his real name), called his acquaintance, Hasan Islamov (not his real name), and asked him to meet another person to […]

An attempt to violate the state border from Iran into Azerbaijan was prevented in the service area of ​​the Goradiz border detachment of the State Border Service, Oxu.Az reports, citing the press center of the State Border Service (SBS) and the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan. As a result of operational and investigative activities conducted […]

A group of officials who created a channel for smuggling medicines and tobacco from Iran to Azerbaijan has been exposed, Oxu.Az reports, citing a joint statement from the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Customs Committee. It is noted that the investigation has established reasonable suspicions against Vusal Huseynov, an inspector with the 1st Department […]

The trial of Namig Mirzoyev, the former head of the Defense Ministry’s financial service, initiated by the State Security Service (SSS), has concluded, Oxu.Az reports. The Baku Military Court sentenced Mirzoyev to 11 years and 6 months in a maximum-security penal colony. The verdict also includes details regarding the damage caused to the Defense Ministry […]

This year, prosecutors have seized assets belonging to defendants in criminal cases with a total value of over 44 million manat, Report informs, citing an article by Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev in the Azerbaijan newspaper. The Prosecutor General emphasized that these seizures concern defendants in criminal cases whose investigations have been fully completed. Over the […]

Last year, operatives from the Prosecutor General’s Office caught 11 individuals red-handed committing corruption crimes, Report informs, citing an article by Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev in the Azerbaijan newspaper. According to the report, the General Directorate for Combating Corruption conducted 16 special operations aimed at identifying and stopping corruption schemes. As a result of these […]