Prosecutor, investigator, and lawyer detained for bribery in Uzbekistan
During rapid-response operations, a departmental prosecutor of the Jizzakh regional prosecution office was caught with $1,000 and a Samsung S 24 Ultra phone, an investigator in the Yakkasaroy district of Tashkent city and two inspectors were caught with $7,000, and a lawyer in Namangan city was apprehended with $10,000. Detention has been ordered for all of them.

The State Security Service has put an end to cases of corruption in various regions of the country.
Reportedly, the departmental prosecutor of the Jizzakh regional prosecutor's office promised a citizen, born in 1975 and living in Jizzakh city, to have a previous conviction under Article 167 of the Criminal Code withdrawn by his powerful colleague. He was detained with material evidence while taking $1,000 and a Samsung S 24 Ultra phone as a "service" charge.
During a rapid-response operation conducted in Tashkent city, an investigator and two inspectors working at the Coordination Department of the Yakkasaroy district internal affairs authorities were detained while taking a bribe. Together, they had agreed not to apply pre-trial detention for an accused in a criminal case being handled by the department and received $7,000 in exchange for re-qualifying the individual's actions from Article 273 part 5 to Article 276 part 2 subsection "a" of the Criminal Code.
In another instance, two residents of the capital deceived a citizen born in 1980 demanding $50,000 in exchange for a favorable resolution of a Criminal Code Article 168 case initiated against him by using their acquaintances in the prosecutor's office. One of the deceivers was apprehended by the State Security Service in Mirabad district while taking the requested sum of money. Steps are currently underway to identify their connections within the prosecution system.
In Namangan city, a lawyer from the Bar Association was detained for promising to help secure a non-custodial penalty for an accused in a criminal case based on Article 168 and other articles initiated by the regional police department and now being considered in the Namangan city court. He demanded $10,000 in return and was caught while accepting $8,000. It was noted that this lawyer was previously convicted under Articles 25 and 97 of the Criminal Code.
Criminal cases have been initiated against all the involved individuals under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code, and detention measures have been imposed.
Previously, the State Security Service reported on stopping the illegal actions of tax officials in the Kashkadarya and Bukhara regions and Tashkent city.
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