Monday, October 29 2018 12:38

ArmInfo. During the first 9 months of 2018, 327 cases of illegal deforestation were identified by law enforcement agencies of the Tavush region of Armenia.

As the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office told ArmInfo  that in 102 cases criminal cases were initiated, the damage to the  state amounted to 195,238,922 AMD.

The Prosecutor General's Office for comparison reported that in the  same period of 2017 there were 94 such cases, 25 of them were  prosecuted - the damage amounted to 34,086,560 drams.

The ministry also said that for 9 months of the current year,  according to the materials being prepared on illegal deforestation,  the damage to the state was 12,872,346 AMD; meanwhile, in the same  period of last year this sum was only 5,123,028 drams. "This year,  the damage in the amount of 5.399.529 drams was voluntarily  recovered, last year the amount was 1.328.656 AMD. 10 criminal cases  under investigation against 13 persons were sent to the court of  general jurisdiction of the Tavush region of RA, damage to the state  in these criminal cases amounted to 8.946.920 AMD, of which 3,212,500  AMDwere restored at the investigation stage, another 2,582,500AMD at  the trial stage, "the Ministry statement reads.