Over 200 corruption-related cases sent to courts in Azerbaijan

By  Trend

The Main Anti-Corruption Department under the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office completed the investigation and sent 201 criminal cases against 313 individuals to the country’s courts, according to the message made at the expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office’s Board.

The meeting was held with the participation of the management of the Military Prosecutor's Office, prosecutor's offices of Baku and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as city and district military prosecutors.

According to the message, those cases are associated with bribery, abuse of office, forgery and other facts.

The board meeting was devoted to the activity of the prosecution bodies in 2016, as well as the further tasks, the message said.

According to the message, 33 million manat was paid as a compensation for damage and property worth 78 million manat was seized as a result of the investigation.