LITHUANIAN REPS DELIVERING LECTURES TO ARMENIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Baltic News Service
November 7, 2006 Tuesday 11:56 PM EET
Representatives of the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office and
Special Investigation Service are delivering lectures to Armenian
law enforcement officers on ways to combat corruption.
Algimantas Kliunka, the chief prosecutor of the Organized Crime and
Corruption Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office,
Juozas Sakela and Ceslovas Bakasenas of the Special Investigation
Service are currently in Yerevan.
The Lithuanian officers intend to share Lithuania’s experience
in investigating corruption cases as well as in preparation and
implementation of national anti-corruption public education measures.
Armenia, just like other Eastern region countries, is strengthening
anti-corruption efforts.
Lithuanian officers have earlier delivered such lectures to Azerbaijani
law enforcement officers.
According to a survey by Transparency International, the Corruption
Perception Index (CPI) of Lithuania in 2006 stands at 4.8, which
shows that Lithuania has problems with changing its image of a
corrupt country.
However, Caucasus countries have even more problems in this area.
Armenia’s CPI score is 2.9, Georgia’s – 2.8, Azerbaijan’s – 2.4.
On the ten-point scale, 0 means absolute corruption, while 10 indicates
minimal corruption.