FALSE DRAMS AND COINS ARE WORRYING
LRAGIR.AM
14:51:46 – 27/03/2009
On March 27, the Chief of the Police Department’s Organized Anti-Crime
Task Force Hunan Poghosyan presented to the reporters the 2008
report. According to it, the number of the crimes against economic
activities increased in 2008 counting 456 cases, whereas in 2007 the
number was 289. Hunan Poghosyan noted that the false drams and coins
cases are especially worrying. It is not clear yet, whether they
are prepared- in Armenia or abroad. But, Hunan Poghosyan notes the
falsification of the dram is not that much surprising, because they are
typed with printing equipments; as that of the coins, which is strange
and worrying as special technology is needed for their preparation.
Hunan Poghosyan stated that the number of corruption crimes
increased comparing to the last year too; in 2007 it was 171, while
in 2008-382. Hunan Poghosyan noted that 5 crimes were revealed in
the Nagorno-Karabakh, some of the organizers of which were people
registered in Armenia. These organized crimes caused a damage of 350
million for the NKR, 150 millions of which were recompensed through
the measures took up by the service.
Hunan Poghosyan noted that the corruption cases do not overlook the
police system either, in which connection, the Chief of the Police Alik
Sargsyan, according to Hunan Poghosyan, instructed them to struggle
against this phenomenon. Hunan Poghosyan noted that the corruption
is most developed within visa and passport department of the Police.
In the end, Hunan Poghosyan noted that it is difficult to struggle
for the law enforcers alone, and in order to raise the effectiveness
of the struggle the whole public’s involvement is needed.