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.