A criminal case has been initiated against officials of the State Customs Committee

The Main Department for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General has completed the investigation of a criminal case initiated on the facts of illegal actions of officials of the Azərterminalkompleks association under the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the basis of an appeal from this structure, oxu.az reports.

Thus, the investigation had reasonable suspicions that in July 2020, the head of the Astara department of Azərterminalkompleks for organizing the activities of temporary storage warehouses, Etigam Babayev, conspired with the inspector of the Azerterminalkompleks department for maintenance, Ismatulla Tagiyev, and committed illegal manipulations with medical supplies imported from Iran with a total value of 33 440 manat.

Due to incorrect documentation, these funds, which arrived at the Astara customs post of the Southern Territorial Administration, had to be returned back. However, E. Babayev, having abused his official powers, on the basis of fictitious acts, and in some cases without acts at all, handed over the goods to I. Tagiyev, who, in turn, exceeding his official powers, handed them over to his acquaintance for personal use.

Based on the evidence collected in the case, E. Babaev was charged under Articles 308.1 (abuse of official powers) and 313 (forgery), and I. Tagiyev – 309.1 (abuse of official powers) and 32.4,313 (incitement to forgery) of the Criminal Code AR. The materials of the case were sent to the court for consideration.

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