In many ways, Tashkent remains the most corrupt area in Uzbekistan. This was announced on June 14 at a meeting of the capital's Anti-Corruption Council by the director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Akmal Burkhanov.
According to Burkhanov, 184 corruption crimes were committed in Tashkent in 2021, as a result of which the interests of the state and society suffered 82 billion soums, US$ 7.5 million worth of financial damage.
The highest rates of corruption in the capital were noted in Uchtepa (33), Mirabad (25), Chilanzar (20), Mirzo-Ulugbek (20) and Yashnabad (18) districts.
“Over the past three months (February-April), the city of Tashkent was placed the highest in the country in terms of the level of corruption crimes.
The Tashkent city also leads in the number of cases of misuse of budgetary funds, which is one of the main figures of the rating. In particular, according to the rating in February, it took third place in the country in terms of misuse of funds in the amount of 5 billion 740 million soums in 16 control points, and in March in terms of misuse of funds in the amount of 29 billion 23 million soums in 80 control points , he took second place, ”Kun.uz correspondent quotes Akmal Burkhanov.
“Have you encountered corruption?” During the survey, 26% of respondents living in the capital answered “yes” to this question, which is the second figure after the Bukhara province.
According to him, in just March and April 2022, 244 such messages about the possibility of committing corruption offenses were published in the media and social networks, of which 124 or 50% were in Tashkent.
