Customs Committee`s department head arrested for bribe-taking

15:58 - 25.06.2020


June 25, Fineko/abc.az. The appeal received from the State Customs Committee about illegal actions of the head of the Transit Department of the Main Customs Department of Energy Resources and the Maritime Transport of the State Customs Committee, Jeyhun Babayev, was investigated in the Main Anti-Corruption Department under the General Prosecutor’s Office.

ABC.AZ informs with reference to the joint statement of the General Prosecutor’s Office and the State Customs Committee (SCC).

As a result of operational measures jointly taken by the GPO and the SCC, he was detained red-handed when receiving a bribe of $750 (by $50 for each of 15 cars) on 23 June of this year for speeding up transit customs clearance of goods belonging to Gate East Group LLC and Interlogistics LLC.

A criminal case has been initiated. Babayev was charged under Article 311.1 (receiving a bribe) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, and the court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of 4-month arrest.