More than 2,600 individuals wanted by law enforcement authorities were detained in 2025, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry Bakhtiyor Nazarzoda told journalists in Dushanbe on February 13.
According to him, over 6,700 people were listed as wanted during the year. As a result of cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies, 835 individuals were located abroad and returned to Tajikistan.
Nazarzoda noted that a significant number of arrests took place in Russia and Kazakhstan. He also confirmed that several detentions and extraditions were carried out from European countries, though he did not provide a detailed breakdown by country.
Earlier, in September 2025, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said during a meeting in Dushanbe with his Tajik counterpart Ramazon Rahimzoda that Russian law enforcement agencies had detained about 400 Tajik nationals wanted by Tajik authorities during the first eight months of the previous year.
According to Kolokoltsev, this figure is nearly double the total for 2024, when approximately 260 individuals wanted by Tajikistan were detained.
