ILLEGAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ONE OF MOST WIDESPREAD ECONOMIC CRIMES IN ARMENIA
ARKA
Nov 24, 2008
YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. On Monday, Armenian Deputy Prosecutor
General Mnatsakan Sargsyan, speaking in National Assembly, said
illegal entrepreneurship is one of the most widespread economic crimes
in Armenia.
He said that 192 cases of economic offences were recorded in 2004, 189
in 2005, 204 in 2006, 176 in 2007 and 282 in ten months of this year.
Sargsyan said the most widespread of them are illegal entrepreneurship,
pseudo entrepreneurship, tax evasion, production and distribution of
fake spirits and forgery of excise stamps.
He said that 23 cases of illegal entrepreneurship were recorded in
2004 and 2005, 48 in 2006, 16 in 2007 and 48 in ten months of 2008.
The deputy prosecutor general said that 14 cases of pseudo
entrepreneurship were recorded in 2004, 23 cases in 2005, 13 in 2006,
nine in 2007 and 32 in 2008.
"Studies show that the share of tax evasion in economic crimes is
the biggest – 50 cases were recorded in 2004, 21 in 2005, 50 in 2006,
59 in 2007 and 182 in 2008".