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The fight against conscription evasion continues in Azerbaijan, Oxu.Az reports with reference to the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The State Service for Mobilization and Conscription for Military Service (SSMCS) provided information on the investigation of corruption offenses and other negative phenomena starting from May 2023. During this period, the Prosecutor General’s Office, […]

The Presidential Pardon Commission will hold another meeting today, Report informs. This year, the commission held four meetings, and about 500 appeals were considered. It should be noted that the meetings of the Pardon Commission are held in connection with the proposed pardon.

A preparatory court hearing was held in the criminal case of the editor-in-chief of the deryaz.az website, the founder of the Dəryaz newspaper, Gabil Taghiyev, who is accused of extorting money by threatening the heads of more than twenty different government agencies, Oxu.Az reports. At the trial chaired by Kamil Aliyev, a judge of the […]

Despite constant warnings from law enforcement agencies, citizens of Azerbaijan continue to fall victim to cybercriminals who empty their bank cards using various schemes, Oxu.Az reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the department, cyber fraud schemes are constantly changing, but the principles remain the same. Citizens […]

Individuals who extorted money from citizens under the guise of journalists, threatening to disseminate defamatory information on social networks, have been brought to criminal responsibility. According to oxu.az, based on appeals from several residents of Sumgayit, Shirvan, Astara and Goychay, employees of the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs […]

In Azerbaijan, individuals accused of smuggling medicines into the country and receiving bribes for patronizing this activity have been exposed, Oxu.Az reports with reference to a joint statement by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the State Customs Committee (SCC). The preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated against the illegal […]

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes has sentenced Elshan Najafov, a defendant in a case of preparing an assassination attempt on the life of a state or public figure, to 12 years in prison, Report informs. During the hearing, the accused asked to continue the trial behind closed doors and to remove those present from […]

A case of robbery has been registered in the Nasimi district of Baku. Unknown persons, having used physical violence against a 41-year-old resident of the capital, demanded money from him. As reported by Oxu.Az, this was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a result of the activities carried out […]

State Border Service (SBS) officers prevented an attempt to smuggle a large consignment of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan, Report informs citing the SBS. Thus, as a result of operations conducted on the service territory of the Horadiz border detachment of the border troops, over 28 kg of drugs were seized. Two suspects were detained […]

The Shamkir district police department received information that three passengers of a Mercedes, having attacked the driver, seized the vehicle, as well as foreign currency in the amount equivalent to 332,800 manats, Oxu.Az reports with reference to the Ganja regional group of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Thus, police officers identified […]