STRUCTURAL CHANGES MADE IN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE<br />


STRUCTURAL CHANGES MADE IN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

  • 05-12-2007 20:00:00   | Armenia  |  Social
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The reforms envisaged by the new RA Law on Prosecutor's Office are at the final stage, NT correspondent was informed by the spokeswoman for the RA prosecutor general Sona Truzian. By order of the prosecutor general of the RA, on November 30 three departments and three units of the prosecutor's office were liquidated and new subdivisions were set up instead. According to the same source, the following departments and units were liquidated: the department for defence of prosecution on criminal cases in courts, the department on control over the legality of investigation, the investigation department, the unit for the fight against corruption, the investigation department's unit for the fight against human trafficking and their illegal migration, and the unit on the fight against drug trafficking. The following subdivisions were set up instead: - the department on crimes against humans, the former prosecutor of Armavir marz Vahram Shahinian was appointed the head of the department, - the department on corruption and organized crimes, the former head of the department on defence of prosecution in courts Armen Ashrafian was appointed the head of the department, - the department on crimes of general character, Sargis Mnatsakanian was appointed the head of the department. According to the same source, prior to that, the following departments and units were set up: the department on protection of state interests, the department for control over the legality of punishment and other measures of restraint, the organizational and supervisory department, the department of statistics and analysis, the personnel unit, the unit for reception of citizens, the application discussion and personnel duty unit, the unit of Eurointegration, the unit of international legal acts, and the unit on protection of state interests in foreign courts. It was also reported that Hakob Gharakhanian was appointed the prosecutor of Armavir marz (he was relieved of his post as investigator of especially important cases under the RA prosecutor general), and Sisak Khachatrian was appointed the prosecutor of Yerevan's Avan and Nor Nork communities.
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