The RA General Prosecutor’s Office continues to present the indicators of the anti-corruption criminal law struggle carried out in 2019. According to the latter, in 2019, a total of 1,264 people were prosecuted for corruption cases investigated by the RA preliminary investigation bodies, which is 31.6% more than in 2018 (960 persons). During the proceedings, the criminal prosecution against 375 persons was terminated, of which 109 or 29% on the grounds of justification, 266 or 71% on the grounds of non-justification. Moreover, the number of the latter in 2018 increased by 13.2% compared to 2018.
It should be noted that criminal prosecution against persons has been terminated on the grounds of unjustified detention, as a rule, due to the expiration of the statute of limitations or the application of an amnesty act. And the increase in these figures is due to the restoration of the damage caused to the state or communities within the framework of the regulations of the Criminal Procedure Code, the criminal policy of encouraging support for full disclosure of crimes and applying a more lenient criminal policy towards those who commit minor crimes for the first time.
In 2019, compared to the 1,073 or 81% (819) 31% of those prosecuted, in 2018, a decision to involve as defendants was made of which 1018 were charged. This figure shows that lawsuit was not filed only 5% of those involved as defendants and they were not brought to the body conducting the proceedings during the year, which, by the way, is almost twice less than in 2018.
During the reporting year, the number of arrests decreased by 18 or 15-9 percent (2019 – 95 people – 113 people in 2018). Under these conditions, the number of people released from detention has decreased by 40-5%, which proves that in 2019 the number of unjustified arrests has significantly decreased.
There has also been a steady practice of applying detention as a measure of restraint in corruption cases, as the share of detainees in the total number of defendants has significantly decreased. In particular, in 2019 out of 1,018 defendants, 98 or 9.6 percent were remanded in custody, while in 1018, 90 or 12 percent of the 746 defendants. Against the background of this decrease, 22 or 66-6% less defendants have been released from detention, which proves that the motions of the courts to choose detention as a measure of restraint or to extend its terms were more well-founded and justified.
530 of those prosecuted for corruption in 2019, were officials and civil servants, which compared with 2018 is more by 60 persons or 12.8 percent. According to the positions and spheres of activity, of the prosecuted the classification is as follows:
Retired President of the Republic of Armenia – 2:
Deputy Minister – 3,
Head of SSS – 1,
Judge of the Court of General Jurisdiction – 2:
Prosecutor – 1,
Head of Military Police – 1,
Former Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia – 1,
Former Prosecutor General -1,
Former head of the RA Police-1
Former Chairman of the State Revenue Committee – 1,
Former governor – 1,
Police officers: 27 (2018 -17) persons, including former RA Deputy Chiefs of Police,
Employees of the SSFS of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia: 9 (2018 – 0) persons, including the head of the inspectorate,
RA SRC officials – 10 (2018 – 12),
Employees of the RA Investigative Committee: 8 (2018 – 9) person, including the head of the regional investigation department and investigators,
RA NSS employees: 3 (2018 – 4),
Employees of the Penitentiary Department of the RA Ministry of Justice – 10 (2018 – 15), including 2 heads of penitentiaries,
RA SSS employees: 3 (2018 – 0) persons,
RA MES employees: 1 (2018 – 08) person,
Health sector: 36 (2018-14) person, former and current directors of medical centers, polyclinics, outpatient clinics, 10 directors of SNCOs, director of the National Center for Tuberculosis Control of the RA Ministry of Health, director of “Gyumri Pathology-Atomic Laboratory” CJSC.
Education: 96 (2018 -3 5) persons,
Rector of the university, institute, vice-rectors, director of the branch of the Conservatory, directors of the college, heads of the education department of the regional administration, municipality, 73 principals of other secondary schools, deputy principals, directors of the kindergarten, director of the house of culture, directors of sports, cultural and creative centers. Social Security – 63 (2018-56) person
Heads of the Regional Agency for Social Assistance, current and former heads of the territorial division,
Chairman of the MSEA Committee, Heads of Various Departments, State Property Management, Energy and Environmental Protection Areas – 61 (2018 – 6) persons,
Deputy Head of the State Property Management Department, Director of the RA NPP CJSC, 26 Heads of Forestry, 32 Head Foresters and Foresters, Former Director of Sevan National Park,
Local self-government-113 (2018 – 78) persons,
Heads of administrative districts and deputies, mayor, 74 community leaders, former 20 community leaders, deputies,
Armed Forces – 164 (2013 – 131) persons,
11 commanders of the military unit, 18 deputy commanders, former commanders of the military unit, 34 commanders of the platoon, division, battalion, battery, 29 heads of various services, chiefs of staff and deputies, deputy chairman of the Military Medical Commission, reservists, current and former military commissars, doctors, military commissar Former Chiefs of Staff, etc.
Other areas – 71 (2018 – 91) persons,
