CABAR.asia: Расследование коррупция в паспортной службе TJ

CABAR.asia investigative article (Russian) reports on alleged corruption in the Tajik MVD Passport-Registration Service. The article reports that official cost for a 10-year biometric foreign passport (15-day issuance) is ~USD 88.3, payable at Amonatbank per a 3 January 2017 general agreement. It reports a journalist paying 1,030 somoni in cash without receipt at 5 Mirzo Tursunzade St., Dushanbe, on 7 February 2023; a Gissar resident paying 1,100 somoni on 25 April 2023 (vs. 960 somoni bank rate); a Bokhtar resident paying 1,120 somoni on 24 April (vs. 970 somoni). Amonatbank staff in Faizabad, Vahdat and Bokhtar told journalists payments are no longer processed through the bank. Named sources cited: lawyer Shukhrat Jabborov (NGO “Мир Закона”) on Article 316 (abuse of office); Sukhrob Safarzoda, first deputy director of the Anti-Corruption Agency, reporting 16 criminal offences by passport-service officials from 2015 to Q1 2023 (broken down by Criminal Code articles); economic expert Nur Safarov on digitisation. The article reports that Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda and Passport-Registration Service head Husein Khalilzoda did not respond to multiple written requests (15 March, 19 April, 12 May).