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Police in the southern Khatlon province have arrested a 38-year-old resident of Vakhsh district, Gholibshoh Burkhonov, for posing as a law enforcement officer and deceiving citizens out of money and property. asiaplustj.info »
Law enforcement officers in Tajikistan have detained three young men accused of impersonating police officers and extorting money from drivers on highways outside the capital. One of the reported incidents involves an assault on a young woman. asiaplustj.info »
On November 12, the Dushanbe Police Directorate released further details about a deadly altercation between school students that took place on November 9 in the city’s Firdavsi district. As a result of the fight, one teenager was killed, and another sustained serious injuries. asiaplustj.info »
The Interior Ministry of Tajikistan, in cooperation with Russian authorities, has detained a suspect wanted for a violent knife attack on a woman in Kazan, Russia. The announcement was made by Irina Volk , official spokesperson for the Russian Interior Ministry. asiaplustj.info »
Law enforcement authorities in Tajikistan's capital have detained a former employee of the construction firm Jamol-Basir on suspicion of large-scale real estate fraud, according to a statement from the Dushanbe Police Department. asiaplustj.info »
More than 450 migrants have been deported from Russia following 7,632 police raids across Moscow, according to a report released by the city’s Main Police Directorate covering the first nine months of the year. asiaplustj.info »
Riot police and security forces staged a mass raid on a concert featuring popular Uzbek singer Jaloliddin Ahmadaliyev, interrupting the event and detaining dozens of people. The incident, which took place at the Korona banquet hall in the village of Solontsy near Krasnoyarsk, has been widely criticized as a new form of humiliating migrant detentions. asiaplustj.info »
How is the law enforcement reform going in Tajikistan? Are these the opinions of experts whose professional activities are directly related to the system? Positive changes The police reform has brought some improvements, especially in terms of interaction with citizens and professional development of employees. asiaplustj.info »
The man who attacked police officers in Moscow with a knife turned out to be Sheravgan Kunjumov, a 25 -year - old native of Saratov and a Russian citizen , the Agency found out from Rosreestr data . asiaplustj.info »
A foreign citizen attacked police officers in Moscow , TASS reports, citing the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation . A criminal case has been opened on this fact . asiaplustj.info »
The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Sughd region of Tajikistan revealed the details of two brutal murders committed in the first decade of August . asiaplustj.info »
Tajik residents often complain that they are faced with a situation where representatives of the police or law enforcement agencies take away their phones for verification without explaining the reasons and following legal procedures . asiaplustj.info »
The General Prosecutor's Office of Tajikistan reports that over the past six months, the country's courts have considered only one criminal case involving torture by law enforcement officials. At the same time, the Coalition against Torture reports that during this period it received 7 complaints of cases of torture and ill-treatment in Tajik law enforcement agencies. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has identified 1,245 corruption-related and economic crimes in the first half of 2025, involving 710 individuals, agency head Sulaimon Sultonozoda told reporters. asiaplustj.info »
In Tajikistan, approximately 30 Interior Ministry employees were dismissed last year for being overweight. After losing weight, only 13 of them were allowed to return to their positions. Hussein Khalilzoda, head of the Interior Ministry Personnel and Staff Affairs Department of the MVD, stated that in 2024, about 20,000 police officers underwent weight checks. asiaplustj.info »
In the streets of Dushanbe, taxi vehicles can now be spotted with two types of license plates: green and yellow. The Traffic Police of Tajikistan have explained the reasoning behind the introduction of these dual plates for taxis. asiaplustj.info »
Police reform in Tajikistan, which began in 2013, continues to reshape the country’s law enforcement structures, with a key component being the establishment of Public Councils under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. asiaplustj.info »
Officers from police station No 1 in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district have arrested a 47-year-old Rahmonali Tabarov, a previously convicted local resident, on charges of multiple thefts from vehicles and construction sites. asiaplustj.info »
In a renewed effort to solve one of Tajikistan’s most haunting missing persons cases, the Dushanbe Police Department has announced a 500,000 somoni reward (approximately US$45,000) for credible information about the whereabouts of Sabina and Malika Aralova, two cousins who disappeared in March 2013. asiaplustj.info »
Criminal proceedings instituted against M. Shukurzoda, an investigator from the Isfara police department, have reportedly moved to court. asiaplustj.info »
The head of Dushanbe’s police department, Shohrukh Saidzoda, has called on local precinct officers to enhance their professionalism by learning foreign languages and improving their communication with the public. asiaplustj.info »
Nearly a month after his appointment, the identity of the new chief of the Interior Ministry Main Traffic Police Directorate has become known. The position is now held by 38-year-old Colonel Mirali Abdurahmonzoda, about whom little information was publicly available until recently. His appointment decree was signed on April 22, 2025. asiaplustj.info »
Staff and customers at a Moscow cafe that employs Central Asians say they were badly beaten by police during a raid, part of what they say is an intensifying campaign against migrants from the region, Radio Liberty’s Central Asian Migrants’ Unit reported on May 8. asiaplustj.info »
Criminal proceedings have bene instituted against the senior investigator of the operational-investigative department of the Interior Ministry Special Division, U.N. Abdullozoda, on charges of committing a crime related to fraud, the press center of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption under the President of Tajikistan reports . asiaplustj.info »
Traffic stops by the traffic police account for 38% of all delays for carriers in Central Asia, with the highest number of such stops occurring in Kazakhstan, Ms. asiaplustj.info »
The police of Khatlon province have uncovered a new and unusual method of stealing money from payment terminals. Criminals used tape to steal funds, Interior Ministry’s Office in Khatlon reports . asiaplustj.info »
The Sughd Regional Court has handed down a ruling to fine a 22-year-old Navrouz Nourzoda from Zafarobod district 36,000 somonis for avoiding military service. Prior to this, he had claimed that police officers “beat him like a soccer ball,” Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on April 8. asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe Police Department has denied rumors circulating on social media about drugs being distributed near schools in the form of candy. In an official statement released on February 10, the Dushanbe Police Department called the claims false and fabricated , urging the public not to trust unverified information. asiaplustj.info »
Starting February 5, 2025, several new legislative measures will come into effect in Russia, significantly impacting foreign labor migrants and the rights of suspects. This was reported by Parlamentskaya Gazeta , the official publication of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. 1. asiaplustj.info »
A 22-year-old resident of Dushanbe, Anushervon Sharifzoda, has been detained on suspicion of hitting a traffic police officer, who died from the injuries sustained, the Dushanbe Police Department says . asiaplustj.info »
In Russia, new regulations on monitoring migrants under deportation orders will allow police to freely enter homes and other premises where such individuals reside. These provisions are enshrined in a law that will take effect on March 5, TASS reports . asiaplustj.info »
Azizullah Omar, the police chief of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, has denied reports claiming that Pakistani soldiers entered the strategic area in the Wakhan district of this province. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has detained thousands of faith healers and fortune tellers in an ongoing government clampdown, with the president praising the police raids. But many Tajiks say the government should instead tackle more pressing issues, such as unemployment and a shortage of electricity. asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe Police Department warns of a surge in fraud cases involving offers to rent bank cards in Tajikistan in recent weeks. "Scammers, posing as 'employers' or offering easy income, promise citizens a monthly reward of 300. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on December 4 that police and security officials have cordoned off a large area near Dushanbe after a drone resembling a military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed in a nearby town in an area where there are both Tajik and Russian military bases. asiaplustj.info »
Dushanbe police are investigating a video appeal made by a young woman who sought protection and assistance from the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon. The Dushanbe Police Directorate says the video, which surfaced on social media on the evening of November 19, features a 24-year-old Afghan citizen, Tamkin Mehrabiddin, who resides in Tajikistan with her parents. asiaplustj.info »
Recently, law enforcement reports in Tajikistan have frequently highlighted the detention of girls and women for “immoral behavior,” with their faces often displayed as preview images in news articles. asiaplustj.info »
The editorial office of Asia-Plus has filed a complaint with the Interior Ministry’s Office for Dushanbe against the deputy principal of Lyceum No. 5, Faizali Sodiqov, for insults and threats directed at their journalists. asiaplustj.info »
A three-day meeting of capital police chiefs from CIS member nations is concluding in Dushanbe today. Participants are discussing measures to counter illegal migration, arms trafficking, terrorism and extremism, as well as drug trafficking and the prevention of such crimes. asiaplustj.info »
During the police operation, dubbed “Knife”, conducted by police in Dushanbe over the first six months of this year, 51 knives, seven brass knuckles, one electric shocker, two bats and one axe have been confiscated from young men and teens, says the Dushanbe Police Directorate press center. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say police in northwestern Pakistan yesterday registered a case against hundreds of people who attacked a police station and killed a man being questioned there on suspicion of desecrating the Quran. asiaplustj.info »
Marat Kushtybayev, a former chief of the police department of Taldykurgan City in the southeast of Kazakhstan, has been jailed for raping, KAzTAG news agency reported on April 30, citing the local court’s press service. asiaplustj.info »
Italian police on April 8 arrested a man from Tajikistan wanted for terrorism-related crimes and suspected of being an active member of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, a police statement said, according to Reuters . asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan informed Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , on March 5 that it sentenced former police Lieutenant-Colonel Akmal Yusufzoda to 19 years in prison on February 28 on a charge of kidnapping and murdering a university teacher (Article130 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code - kidnapping by prior conspiracy; and Article 104 (2) of asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on February 26 that a prosecutor in the trial of police Lieutenant-Colonel Akmal Yusufzoda, a senior officer at the Interior Ministry Organized Crime Control Directorate, asked the Supreme Court on February 23 to sentence Yusufzoda to a 23-year prison term. asiaplustj.info »
A senior investigator at the Khujand police department has bene detained on suspicion of accepting a bribe of 6,000 US dollars, the press center of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption reported on February 13. The press center says T. asiaplustj.info »
Traffic police officers who will fall under a 30-percent staff cut will be transferred to other structures of the Interior Ministry, the Interior Ministry Ramazon Rahimzoda told reporters in Dushanbe on February 15. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, representative of the Drug Control Agency (DCA) under the President of Tajikistan, Muqbilsho Muyassar, revealed on February 5 that three police officers and one border guard officer have been detained on charges of being involved in drug trafficking, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon, who is also the Head of the Government of Tajikistan, on February 2 introduced staff changes to the Interior Ministry. asiaplustj.info »
Citing Turkiye’s Yeni Safak newspaper, Russia’s state-run news agency TASS reported on January31 that militants from the so-called Tajik "Vilayat Khorasan" cell of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group carried out a shooting attack in a Catholic church in Istanbul on January 28. asiaplustj.info »
