CRIME RATE UP IN ARMENIA – DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF
Regnum, Moscow
6 Aug 06
6 August: The number of registered crimes in Armenia in the first half
of 2006 has gone up by 9.9 per cent compared to the same period of
2005, the deputy chief of the Armenian police, Maj-Gen Ovanes Unanyan,
has told a press conference.
However, Unanyan said, Armenia’s crime rate is quite low compared to
that of other countries.
"In Armenia, 15 crimes are committed per 10,000 people. This is nine
times lower than the crime rate in Russia, 16 per cent lower than
Latvia’s crime rate and seven times lower than that in Moldova,"
Unanyan said.
During the period, 2,745 crimes, or 83.8 per cent of all crimes, have
been solved in the country, the deputy police chief said. [Passage
omitted: details of committed crimes]