ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Nov 11 2006

OFFICIAL OF ARMENIAN NATURE CONSERVATION INSPECTION TOOK BRIBES FOR
CONCEALMENT OF ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION

An official of the Armenian nature conservation inspection took
bribes for concealment of illegal deforestation.

According to the press-service of the Armenian Police, a group of
citizens turned to the police with a statement that Samvel Yeghikyan
(born in 1966), the senior state inspector of the Tavush territorial
department, Armenian Nature Conservation Ministry, during 2005-2006
took bribes for concealment of illegal storage of timber and
operation of a woodworking enterprise. Thus, the inspector earned 230
thousand AMD. The case materials have been handed over to the
Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office.