Friday, November 29 2019 15:37

ArmInfo. For 11 months of 2019, an unprecedented amount of damage was restored in criminal cases under investigation by the Special Investigation Service (SIS) - 4  billion 331 million 935 thousand drams. This was stated by the head  of the SIS Sasun Khachatryan on November 29 at the solemn meeting on  the occasion of the Day of the SIS employee and the 12th anniversary  of the formation of the Service.

According to him, the matter concerns only the amount returned to the  state budget in cash. "An arrest was imposed in the amount several  fold exceeding this figure, on legal movable and immovable property  actually owned by the accused, as well as their assets, which are the  subject of a crime, they will be taken into custody by judicial acts.  For objective reasons, I can not indicate the exact volume of these  assets, since, based on the characteristics of the criminal case, not  in all cases forensic expert examinations are appointed, "Khachatryan  said. At the same time, as the head of the SIS pointed out, in the  criminal cases investigated by the Service during 2008-2018, the  damage in the amount of 597 million 698 thousand drams was restored.  "That is, the amount recovered to the budget this year alone was  7-fold more than the figure for the previous 11 years," he stressed.

During the reporting period, according to the head of the SIS,  investigators in the Service were investigating 656 criminal cases,  of which 536 were resolved, 71 criminal cases with a bill of  indictment against 115 people were sent to court.

Sasun Khachatryan recalled that last year it was in this room at the  gala dedicated to the Day of Special Investigation Service that he  expressed confidence that honest and purposeful work cannot but give  results, "since the law on energy conservation is valid in this case  as well." "One of the important indicators of the effectiveness of  criminal investigations is the restoration of material damage caused  by a crime," said the head of the SIS.