YEREVAN, JULY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. In the first half of 2009, the RA Special Investigation Service investigated 105 criminal cases: 31 cases against 57 people with a bill of indictment were sent to court. Out of the cases sent to court, 11 were on crimes against the state service, 5 cases were related to harm caused to health of citizens, 4 cases - to harm caused to life and health of citizens, 4 cases were on crimes against constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens, and one case was related to a crime against public security. 12 out of the criminal cases sent to court were opened based on the facts of corruption by 26 persons, including 12 officials. 12 officials were charged with crimes envisaged by the RA Criminal Code's Article 308 (abuse of official authority), Article 309 (exceeding official authority), article 311 (taking a bribe) and Article 312 (giving a bribe). Among them were 6 policemen, 4 employees of the RA Ministry of Justice, one employee of the RA Ministry of Defence and one employee of the RA Ministry of Emergency Situations. By the completed criminal cases, the total damage as a result of embezzlement, abuse of official authority, tax and duty evasion amounted to 56 million 834 thousand drams. 11 million 860 thousand drams or 20.8% of the indicated sum was indemnified during the investigation.

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