Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, 17,271 crimes were recorded in the first five months of 2020, which is 5,100 more (41.9%) than the same period of last year.

The number of cases of hooliganism increased almost 2.5 times (153 in 2019, 385 in 2020), twice the number of crimes related to fraud (1,324 in 2019, 2,712 in 2020 ), bribery (280 - in 2019, 557 - in 2020). The number of cases of robbery and theft has increased.

By regions, the largest increase in the number of crimes is observed in the city of Tashkent, Ferghana, Tashkent, Samarkand and Andijan regions. For example, in Ferghana region for the first five months of 2020, 2,575 crimes were recorded, which is two times more than in the same period in 2019. In the same region, during the reporting period, the number of thefts and thefts increased almost 2.5 times.