ArmInfo.During the year 2017, 1663 cases of bribery, bribery, and mediation for the issue of bribes were recorded. These indicators exceed the indicators of 2016 for 92 cases. The Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan stated this on May 15 during the presentation of the annual report to standing committee of the Armenian parliament on state and legal issues and human rights.
According to Davtyan, the increase in the number of corruption crimes speaks of an increase in disclosure, which is very good.
In 2017, 43 officials were accused of bribery in the case, and in 2016 their number was 26.
In 2017, 599 people were prosecuted for 1005 cases related to corruption.
According to the Prosecutor General, the composition of the persons subjected to criminal prosecution has changed. According to him in 2017, 101 officials from the Special Investigation Service and from the National Security Service. Among these people were 45 police officers, 4 heads of departments, the head of the passport department, the head of the criminal intelligence department, etc. Also, the employees of the Service of Forced Execution, the Investigation Committee, and one customs official were prosecuted. Among the people passing in the court on this charge were also the chairman of the court of general jurisdiction, two judges, one prosecutor, and three investigators from the UK.
"The arrests in this area indicate that we are on the right track." I can say that the quality of intelligence intelligence work and the level of control without which we can not achieve the desired results have improved, "Davtyan said, stressing that in future, these results will be more tangible.