Illegal actions of customs officials who took bribes were exposed as a result of operational search measures conducted by the General Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General's Office together with the State Customs Committee.

APA was informed about this by the Press Service of the General Prosecutor's Office.

Thus, it was determined that the employee of the State Customs Committee's General Customs Department for Excise Goods, Customs Assessment and Risk Management Department, Shahin Iskanderov, received bribes in exchange for the reduction of duty and other expenses to be paid for cars brought to the country.

In addition, reasonable suspicions have been established that Javid Mammadov, an employee of the Shirvanli Customs Post of the Northern Territorial General Customs Department of the mentioned state institution, received a bribe in exchange for superficial and quick inspection measures at the post.

In addition, reasonable suspicions have been established that Javid Mammadov has repeatedly concealed various amounts of money and received bribes from citizens in exchange for helping to illegally transfer it to the Russian Federation without declaring it.

According to the mentioned facts, criminal cases have been initiated in the General Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General

Shahin Iskanderov and Javid Mammadova were charged with articles 311.2 (taking bribes) and 311.3.2 (repeated bribery) of the Criminal Code, and a pretrial detention measure was chosen against them by the court's decision.

At present, investigation and operational-search measures are being continued in criminal cases.