Special investigative service of Armenia uncovered crimes committed in "Hayantar" SNCO

ArmInfo. The National Security Service of Armenia uncovered the crimes in the "Hayantar" SNCO, in particular, it is about the permanent and mass cutting of trees, as well as the connivance of officials, patronage, as well as the systematic receipt and giving bribes. As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office informs, criminal cases were initiated on 296,308, 311 and 312 articlesfull of the RA Criminal Code. This case was assigned to the Special Investigation Service. After carrying out the investigative actions by the Armenian SIS staff, and the operative-reconnaissance actions by the Armenian police on the basis of the acquired evidence, 13 people are prosecuted as defendants. Among them: Deputy Head of the State Ecological Inspectorate of the Ministry of Nature Protection, Deputy Chief of the Biodiversity Department of the State Ecological Inspectorate of the Ministry of Nature Protection, Senior State Inspector of the State Ecological Inspectorate of the Ministry of Nature Protection, Chief Forestry Officer of the Syunik Forestry Branch, former Inspector of the State Ecological Inspection of the Ministry of Nature Protection , a person who facilitates bribery of the head of the department of biodiversity of State Environmental Inspection of the Ministry of Nature Protection, Senior State Inspector of the State Environmental Inspection of the Ministry of Nature Protection, 3 employees Forestry Forest Artsvaberd. As a result, when calculating losses as a result of illegal cutting of trees in the Hayantar SNCO, it was established that the damage caused to Syunik forest is 9.771.750 AMD, of which 4.589.000 are being restored. The amount of damage to the "Noyemberyan Forestry Sector" amounted to 12 million 490 500 AMD. The amount of damage in forestry "Eghegnut" is 99 million 845,583. Damage to the Stepanavan forest is 97 million 174 500 AMD. Damage caused to the Forestry Department of Artsvaberd, 428 million 667 000. The forest industry Dsekh suffered damage amounting 637 mln 959,000. In the branch of Ijevan, the amount of damages amounted to 128 million 238,000 drams. And finally, the damage to the Sevqar forest amounted to 11 mln 378,250 drams