Estonia, Georgia or Singapore: Which Path Should Azerbaijan Choose Against Corruption?

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again urged the country’s citizens to avoid traveling to foreign conflict zones and reminded them that participation in foreign armed formations carries criminal liability, as the wars in Ukraine and...

At a time when public services, banking operations, and everyday life are moving ever deeper into the digital sphere, Azerbaijan is undertaking its most significant cybersecurity reform in recent years. President Ilham Aliyev has approved the charter establishing the National Cybersecurity Agency, a new institution designed to become the principal coordinator of the country’s digital infrastructure protection.

In early 2026, Azerbaijan — long regarded as relatively stable in terms of internal security — began to show signs of a deeper and more complex transformation. Despite an overall decline in crime, one category is moving in the opposite direction: drug-related offenses are steadily rising.

The crime profile in Azerbaijan in the first quarter of 2026 indicates a continued decline in the overall number of offenses, despite a gradual shift toward more complex and technology-driven crimes faced by law enforcement agencies, according to data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and reconstructed estimates based on comparable reports.