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    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    June 23, 2005 Thursday

    Russia, Armenia law enforcement departments to hold meeting

    By Svetlana Alikina

    KRASNODAR, June 23

    Issues of combating transnational organized crime will be in the
    focus of attention of the Joint Collegium of the Russian Interior
    Ministry and the Armenian police, which will be held in Krasnodar on
    Thursday.

    According to Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, who heads
    the Russian delegation, "this is the key direction in cooperation of
    the two countries' law enforcement departments."

    "Under the conditions of new challenges and threats, the closest
    consolidation of adopting adequate and rapid reaction measures is
    necessary to stop criminal groups' activities," Nurgaliyev believs,"
    the Russian minister stressed.

    Besides, according to him, participants in the collegium will pay
    special attention to cooperation to reveal and detain those persons
    who are on the wanted list. Several bilateral documents will be
    signed on the results of the meeting.

    According to the information of Department for Fight with Organized
    crime and Terrorism of the Russian Interior Ministry, in 2004, the
    activity of 91 criminal groups in which Russian and Armenian citizens
    participated was stopped on the territory of the Russian Federation.
    108 criminal cases were opened against their participants, including
    45 cases in the economic sphere and 29 cases of illegal drug
    trafficking. Criminal proceedings were instituted against 210
    participants in criminal groups, including their 36 leaders.

    Besides, as Itar-Tass learnt the press centre of the Russian Interior
    Ministry, one of important directions of cooperation with the
    Armenian polices is the joint activity to detain those persons who
    are the wanted list. In 2004 alone, 19 persons accused of committing
    different crimes were detained in Russia on the Armenian side's
    request. The same number of persons was arrested in Armenia on the
    Russian Interior Ministry's request.
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