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Nasimi District Court has today considered the investigating authority’s petition on extending prison term of imprisoned employee of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, Arif Yunus at the hearing presided over by judge Babek Panahov,  Yunus’s lawyer Afghan Mammadov told APA. According to the judgment the prison term of his defendant was extended to 5 […]

Azerbaijan’s law enforcement bodies and prosecuting agencies have neutralized one more organized group suspected of committing several grave crimes in the country, APA reports. On 24 November 2014, a person was found dead with gunshot wounds in the house of Vahid Vahabov, resident of Gabala town, and the district prosecutor’s office initiated a criminal case […]

15 people suspected of committing illegal acts were detained reports APA with reference to the Ministry National Security’s public affairs department. As a result of search operations carried out by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of National Security and  the State Customs Committee, the smuggling of a total of 40 kg of drugs from Ukraine and Iran to […]

Another fact of corruption has been discovered in the health sector told APA with reference to Prosecutor General’s Office. The Anti-Corruption Department under General Prosecutor investigated an appeal from a Saatli resident on the illegal actions of a medical specialist of the district department of the Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy Center under the […]

Another fact of corruption in the education sector has been disclosed in Azerbaijan. The government is taking systematic and urgent measures to combat negative cases such as corruption and bribery that cast a shadow on the development of education in the country, the Prosecutor General’s Office told  APA. The Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General has […]

The investigation of the criminal case launched by the Anti-Corruption Department under General Prosecutor into the illegal actions of officials of Agroservice branch of Agroleasing OJSC in Shaki district has been completed, General Prosecutor’s Office told APA. The criminal case has been launched under the Criminal Code’s articles 178.2.2 (swindle act committed repeatedly), 178.2.3 (swindle act […]

The number of deliberate murder acts has increased in Azerbaijan, APA reports with reference to Prosecutor General Z. Garalov during a board meeting dedicated to the results of the past year at the Prosecutor General’s Office.  During the reporting period, according to him, preventive measures against terrorism and other forms of extremism were in the […]

The Baku Court on Grave Crimes completed the hearing on Lankaran residents Faig Gurbanov and Seymur Rzazade accused of collaborating with the Iranian intelligence agencies, APA reports. The verdict was passed at the hearing presided over by judge Eldar Ismayilov. According to the verdict, Faig Gurbanov was sentenced to 14-year imprisonment and Seymur Rzazade to 13-year imprisonment.  […]