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On 20 December 2016 Baku Court of Grave Crimes continued the trial of those who are accused in the criminal case initiated over a deadly fire that occurred in a high-rise in Baku last year, haqqin.az reports. A public prosecutor said the defendants were proven guilty during the judicial investigation. The prosecutor demanded 10-year imprisonment […]

Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office is undertaking steps to extradite A. Lapshin from Belarus. Alexander Lapshin, who has multiple citizenships, illegally visited the occupied Azerbaijani territories after entering into a criminal conspiracy with several persons residing in the occupied territories, the Prosecutor General’s Office told APA on Friday. Lapshin, in violation of Azerbaijan’s laws on the state border […]

According to information of APA, the preliminary investigation into the criminal case of Natiq Karimov, a resident of Baku’s Nardaran settlement, has been completed.  The final indictment about him was announced today, on 15 December 2016. Tomorrow Karimov, along with his attorneys, will begin reviewing materials of the criminal case. In series investigative operations, the […]

Azerbaijan’s law-enforcement authorities are taking the necessary measures to combat illegal currency exchange in the country. In an operation conducted by the Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, three people, identified as Elnur Akbarov, Farhad Maharramov and Vusal Mikayilov, were detained over an attempt to illegally sell 52,000 US dollars in exchange for […]

Three illegal currency dealers have been detained in Baku as a result of operations conducted by the Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. In an operation conducted by the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, two persons, identified as Sabuhi Aliyev and Emil Ahmadov, were detained over an attempt to illegally sell 41,630 […]

Azerbaijan’s national security agencies, thanks to support from the country’s president, continue to prevent any danger and threats within the country, Madat Guliyev, head of the State Security Service, told reporters in Baku on 12 December 2016, APA informs. He noted that the State Security Service has in a short time conducted several operations in […]

The U.S. Congress on Thursday backed a historic legislation that broadens executive authority to sanction corrupt officials across the world who misappropriate state assets as well as anyone who attacks journalists and human rights defenders contact.az. The Global Magnitsky Act is headed to the president’s desk as a rider to the defense authorization bill and […]

On 9 December 2016 the Sabail District Court of Baku chose a measure of restraint against Habil Valiyev, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Gündəlik Bakı” (Daily Baku), in the form of arrest for four months, APA reports. In accordance with results of the investigation conducted by the State Security Service, a criminal case was launched into […]

According to ANN.az, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes chaired by Judge Eynulla Veliyev passed a decision in the criminal case of Bayram Mammadov, accused of possession and selling drugs on a large scale. In the process made a speech Mammadov’s lawyer Elchin Sadykhov, who stated on innocence his client and asked the court to […]

Proceedings were initiated against 12 persons, who were detained during a special operation of the law-enforcement authorities in the Nardaran township of Baku on 26 November 2015. APA reports that the hearing will be presided over by judge of Baku Court on Grave Crimes, Mail Bayramov. The date of preliminary hearing will be announced in coming […]