Other Tourist Scams in Samarkand

Police Officer Bribe Solicitation at Monument Entrances

Officers from the Patrol-Post Service Battalion have been documented approaching tourists near Registan and other monument ticket areas and demanding informal payments. In a documented 2024 incident, two officers instructed a visiting tourist to place 50,000 UZS in an unused trash bin near the entrance to avoid a supposed administrative issue. Samarkand authorities dismissed the implicated officers following the incident going public, but the underlying risk remains at less-monitored sites.