"INTERPOL NOT ADVENTUROUS, MYSTERIOUS, OR OMNIPOTENT"

Panorama.am
20:22 26/09/2007

"Interpol is not omnipotent, adventurous, or mysterious. Our basic
work is heavy, tiring, and analytic, but as a result of all that
revelations, sensations, and fables are born," started the interview
with the head of the Interpol office in Armenia, police colonel
Vardan Yeghiazaryan.

Yeghiazaryan presented the state of the organization’s work from
2006 to 2007. It became clear that legal bodies of member countries
were able to find 118 of those being searched for, and in 2007,
71 were found.

In 2007 13 individuals were subject to extradition.

According to Yeghiazaryan, in 2006 Armenian officials were able
to locate 27 criminals of those searched for by member countries
of Interpol, of which eight were imprisoned, two were extradited,
while in 2007 16 criminals were found, of which five were imprisoned,
five were extradited, and two are being investigated.

Besides that, in 2006, an internationally known individual was located
in Armenia, who also became responsible for revealing the names of
two corpses which had until then not been known.

Yeghiazaryan believes that attention has been turned to more serious
crimes and criminals, as well as the more common criminals (Red card).

Recently, of 33 individuals searched for internationally by Interpol,
5 were found in Armenia.

Of 19 unidentified corpses (Black card), the identity of one was
revealed.