Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.28
Trend:
Three people have been detained for illegal currency exchange in Azerbaijan, deputy spokesperson of the country's Interior Ministry Ehsan Zahidov told Trend.
Azerbaijan's Interior Minister Colonel-General Ramil Usubov has signed an order on additional measures to prevent such actions accompanied with gross violation of the law.
The order envisages operative measures to reveal the exchange offices which violate the "Rules on organizing exchange offices and exchange operations", as well as people who sell, purchase and exchange currencies in public places, thereby violating the law on currency regulation and take measures against them in accordance with the Article 222.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences.