YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 12, RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian received Special Representative of Secretary General of Council of Europe to Armenia, Bojana Urumova and Council of Europe expert for anti-corruption affairs Mariana Trivunovic. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by RA Prosecutor General's Spokesperson, during the meeting the sides discussed the process of fulfilment of proposals made by GRECO and MONEVAL. A. Hovsepian presented the activities done by the Prosecutor's Office in this direction saying that the new list of corruption crimes was approved by bringing it to correspondence with the international standards, the bill on calling juridical persons for criminal liability was worked out and submitted to the government. For the purpose of ensuring closer cooperation in fighting counterfeiting, money laundry, falsifications in the sphere of plastic cards and other payment instruments in Armenia, an agreement was signed between RA Prosecutor General's Office and Central Bank of Armenia (CBA). RA Prosecutor General said that they also work in the direction of excluding corruption phenomena in the sphere of Prosecutor's Office: they dismiss unconscientious employees and replenish Prosecutor's Office with young clever persons. Saying that 102 employees of Prosecutor's Office were dismissed from the sphere over the past years, A. Hovsepian said that the order of employing people has also changed: an attestation commission has been created and a person can be presented for appointment only in case of receiving positive conclusion by the commission.

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