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Economic Crimes Rate Goes 37.5% up in Armenia in Jan-July 2008

02.09.2008, 15:58
National Statistical Service of Armenia says 220 crimes against economic activity were committed in the country in Jan-July 2008.
YEREVAN, September 1. /ARKA/. National Statistical Service of Armenia says 220 crimes against economic activity were committed in the country in Jan-July 2008.

This is 37.5% greater number than that of the same period of the previous year.

The statistical report based on the police’s figures says that 55 of these economic crimes were cases of money counterfeiting or forging securities. This figure is 2.1 times greater than that of the same period a year earlier.

According to the report, 165 other economic crimes were committed in Jan-July 2008 (23.1% greater number, compared with the same period of the previous year). --0---