Practice of courts of justice on criminal cases in Turkmenistan is not published or otherwise made public. However, information on such cases can be obtained from official mass media reports. Most frequently anticorruption regulations in Turkmenistan are applied in case of bribery and abuse of office and charges are brought against authorized official persons. Several such cases are described below.

In May 2005 criminal charges of bribery were brought against a former Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers in charge of the oil and gas sector. He was punished for acceptance of bribes from a Turkish company.   

In August 2005 a criminal charges of bribery were brought against a former Chief Executive of a State Company “Turkmenoil” who was found guilty for illegal receipt of funds from one of the foreign oil companies.

In July 2009 criminal charges of bribery were brought against the rector of the Turkmen National Institute of World Languages, who was accused of accepting bribes for admission to the institution in an amount totaling USD $119, 000.

In July 2011 criminal charges of bribery were brought against a group of banking employees accused of accepting bribes from the entrepreneurs in the guise of financing amounting to USD$4,646,300.00; €106,183.00 and 14.532 manat.