Wednesday, July 19 2017 11:40

ArmInfo.In Volgograd, the meeting of Joint Collegium of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and Police of Armenia was held. The collegium was conducted by the  Russian MIA, police general Vladimir Kolokoltsev and the head of  Police of Armenia, colonel-general of the police Vladimir Gasparyan.

According to Russian MIA press service, in his speech, the head of  the Russian department dwelled on topical issues of cooperation  between law enforcement agencies of the two countries. He noted that  the established mechanisms for inter-agency cooperation are quite in  demand, and the main result has been achieved - maintaining stability  and law and order at the territories of the two states. The Joint  Collegium makes a significant contribution to the overall results of  the fight against crime. "The implementation of decisions taken at  its meetings makes it possible to increase the effectiveness of joint  actions, to identify and eliminate emerging problems in time," the  minister added.

Pointing out the main issues on the agenda, the head of the Ministry  of Internal Affairs of Russia drew attention to the state of  cooperation in combating common criminal criminality, calling this  topic one of the most urgent at this stage.

According to Kolokoltsev, citizens of Armenia annually commit from  two to two and a half thousand socially dangerous acts, almost half  of which are thefts, robberies, fraud and drug trafficking. "On the  other hand, every year about 600-700 unlawful encroachments against  citizens of this country are registered.  Timely provision of mutual  legal assistance significantly facilitates and accelerates the  disclosure and investigation of such acts, "Kolokoltsov is convinced.

Also, the head of Russian MIA noted that as a result of joint events  held previous year, a number of crimes committed by organized groups  were revealed. Systemic character is also the work of searching for  the accused and missing persons who disappeared from the court and  investigation. As a result of joint efforts, only for the last year  and the first quarter of this year, the law enforcement agencies of  Russia installed 56 criminals and 5 missing persons who were declared  wanted by Armenia.

Special attention at the meeting of Joint Collegium was paid to  counteract illegal trafficking in narcotic drugs. Kolokoltsev  stressed that as a result of the regional anti-drug operation  "Channel" from May 29 to June 2 this year, the Russian side  instituted 2,200 criminal cases, identified almost 400 drug crimes.   In general, according to the Russian minister, the achieved level of  cooperation allows fulfilling the operational and official tasks. At  the same time, he suggested discussing existing problems, including  improving the effectiveness of joint activities and improving the  detection of common crimes.

At the end of the meeting, the parties discussed the work plan of  Joint Collegium of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and Police of  Armenia for the next year.