Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Employees of the State Security Service (SSS) and the State Committee for Housing and Communal Services have disrupted corrupt actions identified in various regions of the country. This was reported by the SSS.

A legal advisor from the legal department of the Tashkent city administration, in connection with the demolition of property owned by a foreign citizen and seized for state needs, demanded a 10% compensation, amounting to US$70,000, from a familiar individual born in 1979. This was in exchange for expediting the payment of compensation, which was set at 8.8 billion soums by court ruling. He threatened to file a cassation appeal on behalf of the Tashkent city administration, which would lead to a reduction in the compensation amount through a reassessment of the property.

During operational activities, the intermediary was apprehended while receiving US$70,000 from the foreign citizen. During questioning, he confessed that he had previously handed over US$50,000 to the legal advisor and planned to give him an additional US$15,000, keeping US$5,000 as a reward for his mediation. The operation continued, and the legal advisor was arrested while receiving the US$15,000.

Furthermore, it was discovered that the legal advisor had given US$10,000 of the US$50,000 previously received from the intermediary to an economist in the Tashkent City Administration's department of economy and finance in exchange for expediting the compensation transfer. The legal advisor was detained during procedural actions, and the specialist voluntarily handed over the US$10,000.

In another case, the head of the technical maintenance department for the gas supply facilities at the "Khududgaz Surkhandarya" branch in Termez, while operating a truck, damaged a gas pipeline and demanded US$400 and 500,000 soums in exchange for destroying the incident report and waiving a fine of 11 million soums. He was detained while receiving 3.9 million soums and US$100. During the investigation, it was revealed that he had previously received 500,000 soums.

In yet another case, a senior inspector from the Jizzakh region, responsible for a piece of land illegally occupied, received US$400 for processing documents for illegally constructed housing in exchange for reducing a fine of 75 million soums.

Additionally, a cadastral engineer in the Kashkadarya region illegally changed the land status and demanded US$17,000 as an advance payment for processing documents on 2 hectares of land and 35 hundredths of land for residential development.

Criminal cases have been initiated for all of these incidents, and further investigative actions are ongoing.