The Interior Ministry and the Central Bank’s joint system prevented the illegal withdrawal of 29 trillion soums (nearly $2.44 billion) and blocked 18,838 bank cards linked to criminal activity in the first half of the year, the Interior Ministry announced.
At the meeting chaired by interior minister Aziz Tashpulatov, the country’s crime situation, efforts to combat serious and particularly serious crimes, cybercrime, official discipline and work with citizens’ appeals were reviewed.
According to the ministry, no crimes were recorded in 5,778 mahallas (neighborhoods), or 64% of the total in the country, during the first six months of the year. Meanwhile, 476 mahallas remained in the “red” category, a situation that was criticized at the meeting.
The ministry said a new crime-prediction mechanism helped solve 87% of crimes classified as preventable.
The crime detection rate increased by 31.4%, while citizens were compensated for material damage totaling 1.365 trillion soums (around $114.84 million).
During the reporting period, 5,010 people wanted for evading the courts or investigators were detained. In addition, 2,616 people who had been reported missing were found.
Over the course of the year, the Interior Ministry ensured security at 125,387 political, cultural, sporting and other mass events attended by more than 70 million people.
Cybercrime
The Interior Ministry has declared 2026 the “Year of Combating Cybercrime”.
The ministry said it had stepped up efforts to prevent online fraud and improve the public’s digital literacy.
During the first half of the year, authorities solved 9,282 cybercrimes and proactively identified another 4,011. More than 13,000 people received compensation totaling over 120.49 billion soums (nearly $10.13 million).
At the same time, officials acknowledged that current measures remained insufficient. They were instructed to examine citizens’ complaints more thoroughly, analyze the causes of cybercrime and improve employees’ information technology skills.
In January, president of Uzbekistan said that the Interior Ministry’s Cybercrime Department, established three years ago, had failed to show tangible results. Citizens had suffered nearly 2 trillion soums (around $168.27 million) in financial losses, while the clearance rate for such crimes was below 8%.
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