Armenian, Russian police to step up fight against economic crimes

Mediamax news agency
2 Jul 04

YEREVAN

The growth in the commodity turnover between Armenia and Russia
increases the likelihood of economic crimes being committed on the
territory of the two countries, Mediamax news agency reports that the
chief of the Armenian Police, Ayk Arutyunyan, said this in Yerevan
today, speaking at a briefing on the results of a session of the
united collegium of the Russian Interior Ministry and the Armenian
Police.

Arutyunyan said that in order to increase the effectiveness of the
joint struggle against economic crimes, it is necessary to intensify
cooperation between the two countries’ law-enforcement bodies.

Ayk Arutyunyan said that according to the results of the united
collegium, relevant departments of the Armenian Police and the Russian
Interior Ministry were instructed to take joint operational-preventive
measures to counteract the criminalization of the Russian and Armenian
economies.

Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev stressed that the Yerevan
session could be described as special since specific measures in the
sphere of preventing economic crimes were adopted here.