This goes hand-in-hand with an earlier post about an increase in crime.
State prosecutors reported on Friday an almost 10 percent increase in the number of various crimes committed crime in Armenia last year.Spin it however you want: chances are the sharp rise is due to greater opportunities in the criminal world and lack of proper response by the police and related agencies.
According to them, 75 people were murdered last year, sharply up from 55 such cases officially registered in 2005. Law-enforcement authorities also registered a more than 30 percent surge in instances of drug abuse and trafficking that totaled 1,510, or nearly 16 percent of the overall crime statistics.
"...the increased crime rate partly resulted from a new computerized crime registry introduced in Yerevan’s police department last year."
Source: ArmeniaLiberty Picture by Onnik Krikorian.
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Armenia Blog discusses increased crime rates in Armenia according to the State Prosecutors report, and suggests the reason to be “…greater opportunities in the criminal world and lack of proper response by the police and related agencies…”.
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