Trial on the criminal case on financing terrorism

A trial was held in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes on the criminal case initiated by the State Security Service (SSS) against Khagani Omarov, Anar Salamzade and Elchin Azizov, accused of financing terrorism.

As reported by Oxu.Az, at the session chaired by Judge Nigar Imanova, the state prosecutor announced the indictment.

It turned out that acquaintances of the accused persons – Shukur Hamidli and Elshan Mustafayev first went to Turkey, and from there to Syria, where they took part in military operations against local authorities. The investigation established that the accused, in order to help them, transferred money in US dollars from their personal funds and amounts collected on social networks, on the instructions of Shukur Hamidli, to the accounts of their acquaintances and other persons abroad.

The next trial will continue on May 27.

It is noted that the above-mentioned persons were detained as a result of an operation conducted by the SGB. The investigative body established that the accused transferred funds to certain persons operating in a foreign country for the purpose of supporting terrorism. The accused were charged under Article 214-1 (financing of terrorism) of the Criminal Code.

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