ArmInfo. As a result of large-scale operative-reconnaissance actions taken by the staff National Security Service of Armenia, cases of bribery and extortion among prisoners of Vanadzor penitentiary system, committed in 2017, were disclosed.
According to the information of the Prosecutor General's Office, which arrived in ArmInfo, according to a preliminary agreement, the chief, the head of the operations department and other officials of the penitentiary institution, from time to time, for mercenary reasons, using their official position for personal gain, periodically demanded and received bribes in various sizes from prisoners .
In connection with these cases, criminal cases were initiated in the Investigation Department of the National Security Service of Armenia, in accordance with Articles 308, 311, 312 of the RA Criminal Code sent to the RA Special Investigation Service. On suspicion of taking bribes, the head and the head of the operational department of the penitentiary institution Vanadzor were detained, as well as the person who gave them bribes. The investigation continues.