Corruption in Armenia caused $5 mln in damages in January - June
3/11/2005
RIA Novosti
YEREVAN, November 3 (RIA Novosti, Gamlet Matevosyan) - Material damages due to corruption-related crimes in the first half of 2005 in Armenia totaled $5 million, an Armenian presidential advisor said at an anti-corruption strategy meeting Thursday.
"In total during the first half of 2005, 227 crimes linked with corruption were registered, compared to 198 during the same period of 2004," Bagrat Yesayan said.
He listed the main forms of crime linked with corruption as abuse of government funds, illegal business operations, deceptive business operations, tax evasion, abuse of authority, taking bribes and human trafficking.
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RIA Novosti
YEREVAN, November 3 (RIA Novosti, Gamlet Matevosyan) - Material damages due to corruption-related crimes in the first half of 2005 in Armenia totaled $5 million, an Armenian presidential advisor said at an anti-corruption strategy meeting Thursday.
"In total during the first half of 2005, 227 crimes linked with corruption were registered, compared to 198 during the same period of 2004," Bagrat Yesayan said.
He listed the main forms of crime linked with corruption as abuse of government funds, illegal business operations, deceptive business operations, tax evasion, abuse of authority, taking bribes and human trafficking.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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