ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
June 23, 2005 Thursday
Russia, Armenia law enforcement departments to hold meeting
By Svetlana Alikina
KRASNODAR, June 23
Issues of combating transnational organized crime will be in the
focus of attention of the Joint Collegium of the Russian Interior
Ministry and the Armenian police, which will be held in Krasnodar on
Thursday.
According to Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, who heads
the Russian delegation, “this is the key direction in cooperation of
the two countries’ law enforcement departments.”
“Under the conditions of new challenges and threats, the closest
consolidation of adopting adequate and rapid reaction measures is
necessary to stop criminal groups’ activities,” Nurgaliyev believs,”
the Russian minister stressed.
Besides, according to him, participants in the collegium will pay
special attention to cooperation to reveal and detain those persons
who are on the wanted list. Several bilateral documents will be
signed on the results of the meeting.
According to the information of Department for Fight with Organized
crime and Terrorism of the Russian Interior Ministry, in 2004, the
activity of 91 criminal groups in which Russian and Armenian citizens
participated was stopped on the territory of the Russian Federation.
108 criminal cases were opened against their participants, including
45 cases in the economic sphere and 29 cases of illegal drug
trafficking. Criminal proceedings were instituted against 210
participants in criminal groups, including their 36 leaders.
Besides, as Itar-Tass learnt the press centre of the Russian Interior
Ministry, one of important directions of cooperation with the
Armenian polices is the joint activity to detain those persons who
are the wanted list. In 2004 alone, 19 persons accused of committing
different crimes were detained in Russia on the Armenian side’s
request. The same number of persons was arrested in Armenia on the
Russian Interior Ministry’s request.