YEREVAN, February 20. /ARKA/. Damage to the state from crimes related to economic activity in amounted to AMD 21.1 billion in Armenia in 2019, which is 8.8% less than in 2018. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General Office of Armenia.
According to the report, 9.5 billion drams were recovered from the amount of damage over the past year, which is 10.5% more than the previous year.
The State Revenue Committee alone revealed 15.9 billion drams of damage in 2019, of which 8.6 billion drams were recovered.
During the reporting year, 931 criminal cases were opened for crimes related to economic activity, which is 37% more than in 2018. Of these, 279 were instituted on the State Revenue Committee. Some 269 criminal cases were taken for consideration against 177 cases in 2018.
In total, in 2019, 1,200 criminal cases related to economic activity were investigated, 580 of which were in the State Revenue Committee in the event that in 2018, 857 cases were investigated in total. Thus, over the past year, the workload of the preliminary investigation bodies and prosecutors increased by 40%. At the same time, during 2019, 8.5% more criminal investigations were conducted than in the previous year.
Over the same period, 31 criminal cases against 39 people were sent to the court with indictment. Compared to 2018 (22 cases against 29 people), the growth of cases sent to court amounted to 36%, and the number of persons brought to court increased by 34.5%.
16 persons were convicted in 16 criminal cases related to economic crimes, 14 of which were imprisoned. At the same time, the number of criminal cases completed by a judicial decision increased by 23% compared to 2018, and the number of persons deprived of their liberty by 29%.
In order to eliminate the damage caused to the state in 2019, sanctions of 2.6 billion drams were imposed on the property and assets of the defendants. In addition, in the framework of the reviewed and completed criminal cases, the prosecutor's office filed lawsuits demanding seizure in favor of the state budget in the total amount of 160 million drams. All claims were satisfied.
In 2019, some 382 cases of evasion of tax, duties or other obligatory payments were investigated in the framework of legal proceedings, which is 188 cases or 33% less than in 2018. ($ 1 – 478.63 dram). –0—
