corruption is an act (or inaction) committed by a person authorized to perform state functions or a person equated to them, using their official position and the opportunities it provides to illegally obtain material or non-material benefits, advantages, or other privileges for their own benefit or the benefit of another person. It also includes directly or indirectly providing such benefits, advantages, or privileges to subjects of corruption-related offenses to induce or reward them for committing such acts in the interests of an individual or legal entity (Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Combating Corruption").

corruption-related offenses are violations provided for by this Law and other regulatory legal acts that create conditions for corruption, committed by subjects of corruption-related offenses, and result in disciplinary, administrative, civil, or criminal liability as established by legislation (Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Combating Corruption").

these are persons authorized to perform state functions, i.e., individuals who, on a permanent, temporary, or specially authorized basis, hold state positions in government bodies or public service in accordance with the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan, officials of local self-government bodies of towns and villages, as well as persons equated to them (individuals registered as candidates for elected state positions or members of elected state bodies in accordance with the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan, officials of state economic entities, economic entities with at least 50% state ownership, officials of non-profit organizations, officials of foreign states, international organizations, and their representations interacting with state bodies, officials, individuals, and legal entities of the Republic of Tajikistan), persons providing public services, individuals, and legal entities (Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Combating Corruption").

A conflict of interest is a situation of personal interest of subjects of corruption-related offenses that, during the performance of their duties, may lead to the commission of corrupt offenses and cause harm to the interests of an individual, legal entity, society, and the state (Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Combating Corruption").

The use of an official position refers to the one-time, repeated, or systematic use of state functions and the opportunities they provide, as well as establishing stable connections with one or more persons authorized to perform state functions or persons equated to them, with an individual or group for the purposes specified in the first paragraph of this article, which pose a threat or cause harm to the interests of an individual, the state, and society (Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On Combating Corruption").

If an official, an official of a foreign state, or an official of an international organization extorted a bribe, or if the person who gave the bribe voluntarily reports it to an authority entitled to initiate a criminal case, they are exempt from criminal liability (Note to Part 1 of Article 320 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan).

The subject of a bribe can be money, securities, other property, or benefits of a material nature.

Giving a bribe is the act of personally giving a bribe to an official, an official of a foreign state, or an official of an international organization, or through an intermediary (Article 320 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan).

Receiving a bribe is the act of an official, an official of a foreign state, or an official of an international organization personally or through an intermediary receiving a bribe in the form of money, securities, other property, or benefits of a material nature for performing or not performing a specific action in the interests of the bribe-giver or their representatives, if such action (or inaction) falls within the official’s authority or they can facilitate such action (or inaction) due to their official position, as well as for general patronage or connivance in service (Article 319 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan).

Yes, the Agency has structural subdivisions in the regions: Agency Directorate in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region** (Address: Khorog city, Lenin St., 304. Tel.: (835-22) 2-00-50, Email: vmkb@anticorruption.tj); Agency Directorate in Sughd Region** (Address: Khujand city, 20th Microdistrict. Tel.: (+992 34-22) 2-28-90, (+992 34-22) 2-15-41, Email: sugd@anticorruption.tj); Agency Directorate in Dushanbe city** (Address: Dushanbe city, Karamov St., 20. Tel.: (+992 37) 221-28-03, (+992 37) 227-57-21, Email: dushanbe@anticorruption.tj); Agency Directorate in the cities and districts of the Bokhtar region** (Address: Bokhtar city, Soviet St., 2. Tel.: (+992 32-22) 2-26-17, Fax: (+992 32-22) 2-25-33, Email: khatlon@anticorruption.tj); Agency Directorate in the cities and districts of the Kulob region** (Address: Kulob city, N. Khuvaydulloev St. Tel.: (833-22) 2-26-87, Fax: (833-22) 2-26-88, (833-22) 2-67-67, Email: kulob@anticorruption.tj); Agency Regional Department in the Zarafshan Valley** (Address: Penjikent city, Loiq Sherali St., 24. Tel.: (8-34-75) 5-55-83, Fax: (8-34-75) 5-55-09, (8-34-75) 5-55-10, Email: zarafshon@anticorruption.tj); Agency Regional Department in the cities and districts of the Hissar Valley** (Address: Tursunzoda city, M. Tursunzoda St., 136. Tel.: (831-30) 2-90-27, (831-30) 2-24-13, Email: hisor@anticorruption.tj).

If you encounter corruption, you can contact the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of the Republic of Tajikistan (Dushanbe city, A. Sino Avenue, building 126/1) or its regional subdivisions. Contact numbers: (+992 37) 236-64-72, 15-00.