The former head of Jambay District’s ecology department has been sentenced to five years in prison for accepting an 11-million-soum computer in exchange for shelving an illegal tree-felling case and releasing an impounded truck.
A Ministry of Investments official and five others have been detained across Samarkand, Jizzakh and Syrdarya regions after allegedly charging citizens up to $41,600 for fake US visa and migration services, the State Security Service announced.
