ArmInfo.10 people charged in the case of abuse in the State Environmental Inspectorate under the Ministry of Nature Protection. According to the information of the Investigative Committee of Armenia, cases of abuse by officials of the State Environmental Inspectorate, illegal cutting of trees with the knowledge and permission of foresters, as well as giving and receiving bribes were revealed.
Thus, according to the preliminary investigation, some officials of the State Inspectorate, during 2016- 2017, being part of the Armles inspection group for inspecting a number of forestry enterprises, not only did not fulfill their duties properly, but also destroyed the evaluation official documents, entering in verification reports obviously inaccurate data, reducing the amount of illegal cutting of unsafe damage. In a number of cases, they received bribes on a large scale for their "services". There are also cases of bribing foresters by citizens.