The General Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan takes measures to protect the environment, as well as ensuring the involvement of persons responsible for the commission of environmental offenses, the press service of the department reports.
According to the results of the inspection conducted by the Offhol Production Office of the Prosecutor General’s Office, for illegal fishing of the fish made to the Red Book, in particular, on the fact of detecting boats, in small quantities of caught fish, with respect to 7 individuals, decisions were made to initiate production administrative violations. Materials are sent to the relevant authorities to consider the application of administrative sanctions.
in two facts where harm to the environment as a result of illegal catch reached 1760 and 6820 manat, respectively, 2 criminal cases were initiated, which were subsequently aimed to conduct a preliminary investigation into the investigative divisions of the internal affairs bodies.