Six criminal cases on corruption charges launched in Armenia in eight
months

Mediamax news agency
23 Aug 05

Yerevan, 23 August: In eight months of its work, the anti-corruption
department of the Armenian Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted
six criminal cases on corruption charges.

The cases were instituted following complaints lodged by people in
writing, the head of the department, Migran Minasyan, said.
Department employees established that there had been cases of major
bribe-taking by public servants, social workers, employees of the
Armenian land survey committee and others. Minasyan said that no
cases of corruption had been registered at the Prosecutor-General’s
Office.

He also stressed the importance of the department’s existence and
called on the public to complain to relevant agencies in order to
remove corrupt officers from public services.