


ArmInfo. Employees of territorial offices of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia as a result of abuse of office misappropriated 43 million drams, the RA Police press office reported.
According to the information, data on various abuses by employees and officials of the territorial agencies of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the RA were received by the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Armenian Police.
As a result of undertaken operational intelligence activities on July 25-27 and following the results of cooperation with territorial divisions of 8 regions, 166 corruption crimes were revealed conducted by 87 employees of territorial agencies of the ministry of labor.
"In particular, in order to include 175 citizens in the list of beneficiaries, the inspectors and heads of the Agency unlawfully demanded and received 34 million 777 thousand drams as a" bribe "," the report reads.
In addition, the facts of embezzlement or appropriation of funds by the Agency's employees by falsifying documents in the amount of more than 8 million drams were disclosed.
Part of the materials was sent to the Investigative Committee for the implementation of the preliminary investigation. Activities continue.



