Law-order

The Russian Supreme Court has upheld the North Caucasus District Military Court’s verdict against Tajik national Khurshedjon Mihtojov, who is charged with recruiting Russian citizens into illegal armed formations fighting in Syria and illegally keeping narcotic drugs.

DUSHANBE, January 22, 2016, Asia-Plus -- In 2015, there were 5,331 serious crimes reported, which is 19 percent more than in 2014, according...

DUSHANBE, January 22, 2016, Asia-Plus – Resident of the northern province of Sughd has been detained for trafficking Russian tsarist gold coins. According...

DUSHANBE, January 19, 2016, Asia-Plus – A large amount of hashish has been confiscated from a 52-year-old woman from the Roudaki district. The...

DUSHANBE, January 18, 2016, Asia-Plus -- Upon release from penitentiary institutions, ex-prisoners have mixed feeling.  On one hand, they feel mobility and freedom,...

DUSHANBE, January 15, 2016, Asia-Plus – According to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service, relatives of a jailed adviser to former leaders of a banned...

DUSHANBE, January 13, 2016, Asia-Plus – A court in the Russian city of Kolchugino (Vladimir oblast) has convicted the 19-year-old Mavzouna Mazoriyeva for...

DUSHANBE, January 12, 2016, Asia-Plus – The Government of Tajikistan has prepared amendments to some article of Tajikistan’s Penal Code relating to giving...

DUSHANBE, January 6, 2016, Asia-Plus – The Interior Ministry’s website reported on January 5 that police have arrested two women – a 40-year-old...

DUSHANBE, December 18, 015, Asia-Plus – Interior Ministry’s office in Russian Sverdlovsk oblast reported on December 17 that internationally wanted Tajik national has...