Criminal proceedings have been instituted against 10 officials in Azerbaijan, and some have been arrested

Officials of the State Property Service and municipalities have been prosecuted for illegal actions during the privatization of lands in some cities and regions of Azerbaijan.

This was reported by the Press Service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

It was noted that Nazim Safarov, head of the Shirvan city branch of the State Service for Property Affairs under the Ministry of Economy and Amil Aslanov, head of the Ujar territorial department of the State Service for Investigation under the Prosecutor General’s Office, Amil Aslanov, head of the Gazakh region’s Dash Chairman of Salahli municipality Asif Yusifov, chairman of Gokhmug municipality of Sheki region Etibar Eyvazov and deputy head of the Department for Analysis and Forecasting of Socio-Economic Development of the Kurdamir Region Executive Power Ruslan Aliyev were found to be involved in criminal activities together with the accused.

Thus, the positive opinion of the above-mentioned persons on the ownership, use and lease of land owned by the municipality in connection with the performance of official duties in collaboration with the head of the Department of Land Management and Geodesy Ildirim Mammadov and other defendants in 2020-2022. There are well-founded suspicions that they received various amounts of money as bribes from individuals.

According to the evidence collected during the investigation, the above-named persons (only 10 accused) were charged under Article 308.2 of the Criminal Code (abuse of power with grave consequences), 311.3.1, 311.3.2, 311.3.3 (large-scale bribery). 312.1 (bribery) and other charges, arrest, house arrest and other restraining measures were imposed on him.

An investigation is underway to identify and prosecute other officials who committed illegal acts.