Azerbaijan, Baku, April 18 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /
The materials on 12 municipalities were sent to the Office for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General in the first quarter in Azerbaijan, the director of the center for work with municipalities Mehdi Selimzade told Trend.
As a result of the investigations, conducted on the basis of complaints received from citizens due to the municipalities' activity, violations were revealed in their activity, he said.
The corruption offences were revealed in eight municipalities. The criminal cases were filed. The materials on the rest are under consideration.
About 380 hectares of land were returned to municipalities in the first quarter last year.