534 criminal cases on corruption crimes investigated in 2016
During 2016 534 criminal cases on corruption crimes to be investigated by the RA Investigative Committee envisaged by RA Criminal Procedure Code were investigated in the proceeding of the RA Investigative Committee 149 of which were investigated in the proceeding of General Military Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee. 183 criminal cases were initiated in the mentioned period.
Out of 534 criminal cases investigated in the mentioned period
80 referred to abuse of official authorities (Article 308 of RA Criminal Code),
74 – to abuse of authority by the employees of commercial or other organizations (Article 214 of RA Criminal Code),
72 – to abuse of power, transgression of authority or administrative dereliction (Article 375 of RA Criminal Code),
64 – to official forgery (Article 314 of RA Criminal Code),
60 – to squandering or embezzlement committed with abuse of official position (Point 1 of Part 2 of Article 179 of RA Criminal Code),
38 – to squandering or embezzlement in particularly large amount committed with abuse of official position by a group with prior agreement (Part 3 of Article 179 of RA Criminal Code),
21 – to swindling committed under the pretext of getting a bribe (Point 5 of Part 2 of Article 178 of RA Criminal Code),
20 – to giving a bribe (Article 312 of RA Criminal Code),
19 – to evasion from taxes or other mandatory payments (Article 205 of RA Criminal Code),
17 – to taking bribes (Article 311 of RA Criminal Code),
15 – to failure to execute one’s duties, in the order defined by law, to suspend, prevent unauthorized seizure of lands owned by state, as well as unauthorized construction of buildings (Article 315.2 of RA Criminal Code),
10 – to failure to carry out a court act (Article 353 of RA Criminal Code),
9 – to exceeding official authorities (Article 309 of RA Criminal Code),
9 – to giving illegal payment to a public servant (Article 312.1 of RA Criminal Code),
6 – to getting illegal payment from a public servant (Article 311.1 of RA Criminal Code),
5 – to swindling committed with abuse of official power (Point 1 of Part 2 of Article 178 of RA Criminal Code),
4 – to commercial bribe (Article 200 of RA Criminal Code),
2 – to bribery mediation (Article 313 of RA Criminal Code), etc..
In the mentioned period 77 criminal cases on 174 persons with the bill of indictment were sent to court 37 of which on 76 persons were investigated in General Military Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee.