  Percentage of economic cases solved increases in 2008March 27, 2009 - 16:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Under the global economic crisis, the struggle against corruption and economic crimes is extremely important, RA Police senior official said. "A number of measures were taken to prevent corruption in the republic. The percentage of economic cases solved in Armenia in 2008 increased by 58% and totaled 456 against 289 registered in 2007," Hunan Poghosyan told a news conference in Yerevan today. "83 organizations were functioning without registration, 80 were forging securities and 140 were avoiding paying taxes. 69 cases of smuggling were reported," he said. "213 economic crimes committed last year made 47% of the total number," he said.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
