A major corruption crackdown has been launched in Uzbekistan after police officers detained several officials in the Andijan Region over bribery schemes involving court decisions, electricity fraud, and illegal land allocation.

Three separate corruption cases were uncovered, all involving officials accused of exploiting their positions for personal gain, The Caspian Post reports via Podrobno.uz.

In the first case, a senior specialist from the Agency for State Assets Management demanded $15,000 to secure a favorable court ruling for a businessman and reverse the termination of a property lease. He was detained while receiving the money through an intermediary.

In another case, an engineer from the Andijan branch of the Regional Electric Networks company reportedly demanded $15,000 to reduce an electricity damage claim from 650 million to 40 million soms related to illegal power use at a rice drying facility. He was arrested when accepting $10,000.

The third case involved a 67-year-old cadastral department head accused of illegally allocating 25 square meters of land for residential and farming purposes in exchange for $3,000. Officials later discovered falsified documents and ruled the land allocation unlawful. The suspect was detained while returning the money through a middleman after the violation was exposed.