The Prosecutor's Office continues to expose agricultural product exporters
For the second consecutive day, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports on the exposure of agricultural product exporters accused of failing to return funds to the country.
According to the investigation, the founders of the companies "Khachmaz Agro," "Natural Fruit," "Fresh Fruits Group," "Global Trade Group," and "Garden Store" - namely, Tarlan Mammadov, Gunduz Huseynov, Hafiz Rezzanijat, Elshan Amrakhov, Royal Imanov, Intigam Nasirov, Nijdat Alimardanov, and others operating abroad - are accused of not returning $340 million earned from agricultural exports to the accounts of authorized banks in Azerbaijan.
They face charges under Articles 208.2.1 and 208.2.2 (failure to return a large sum of foreign currency from abroad by a group of individuals in collusion), 308.2 (abuse of office), and other Articles of the Criminal Code.
Tarlan Mammadov, Gunduz Huseynov, and Hafiz Rezaanijat have been arrested by a decision of the Binagadi District Court, while the others have been placed under police supervision. The investigation is ongoing.
Politics
-
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
-
This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
-
The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
-
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
Leave a review