YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. In the first half of 2005, the Armenian law-enforcement bodies investigated 227 corruption crimes against 198 ones in the same period of last year. At the November 2 meeting of the Commission on Monitoring of Anticorruption Strategy, it was noted that the number of embezzlement cases was the highest - 90, followed by official forgeries (35 cases), false entrepreneurship (21), illegal entrepreneurship (19) and abuse of official position (15). The results of the official investigations conducted in the civil service system and other services in the first half of 2005 were summarized at the meeting. A total of 554 official investigations was conducted at the State Tax Service adjunct to the RA government, State Customs Committee, National Security Council, RA Police, Prosecutor's Office and Civil Service Council, as a result of which 538 employees were subjected to disciplinary or other liability. The results of 8 official investigations or examinations were sent to investigation bodies. During the same period, these bodies received 288 complaints regarding their employees' activities. The Commission Chairman, Advisor to RA President on corruption issues Bagrat Esayan expressed his satisfaction at the fact that 3 experts will cooperate with the working groups functioning in the Commission thanks to the grants allocated by the World Bank.

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