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RF INTERIOR MIN, ARMENIA POLICE TO EXCHANGE REFORM EXPERIENCE
ITAR-TASS
July 24, 2012 Tuesday 09:49 AM GMT+4
Russia
Russia's Interior Ministry and Armenia's police will exchange
experience in reforming the interior agencies, Russian Interior
Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said after a meeting of the two
countries' joint Interior Board on Monday.
"We agreed that we would exchange experience for carrying out reforms
of our agencies. Russia and Armenia are carrying out such reforms. Our
common goal is to make police highly professional, authoritative."
"The exchange of experience in this sphere, in my view, will help
us avoid mistakes and half-baked decisions," the Russian interior
minister stressed.
He also believes that the Russian Interior Ministry and Armenian
police should intensify joint work for combating organised crime.
"It is necessary to consolidate efforts to counter organised crime.
Our work in this field is positive. We conducted many operations
together," Kolokoltsev said at the joint Interior Board meeting. In his
words, last year alone, Russia's interior agencies detained 37 persons,
who are set up for gang leaders, 26 of which have been convicted. "We
also detained 98 leaders of major bandit groups. The operations against
some of them, mostly Armenian citizens, were conducted jointly with
Armenia. This allowed us to considerably increase the work efficiency,"
Kolokoltsev said.
He noted that as a rule, participants in trans-border criminal groups
commit fraud, property crimes, people abduction, as well as economic
crimes. As a rule they act in major economically developed regions of
the Central, North Caucasus and North-Western federal districts. But
they try to influence other countries. "Today our common task is
to protect the economy from criminal elements. Special attention is
riveted to joint investigation measures, it is also necessary to place
a special emphasis on the preventive measures," Kolokoltsev stressed.
Armenia's police chief Vladimir Gasparyan said for his part that
cooperation with the Russian Interior Ministry has been developing
successfully.
"No doubt that the agenda of our session (combating organised crime)
is important both for the Russian Interior Ministry and Armenia's
police because criminal activities of organised groups and communities
increase influence. Thus, we must strengthen cooperation," he said.
Gasparyan stressed that this work should be done in close cooperation.
He urged the Russian colleagues to more actively develop cooperation
in the exchange of information.
The joint Board meeting participants also agreed that Russian and
Armenian policemen will more often communicate directly, and not only
through their leadership.
"We agreed that not only the leaders of our agencies, but also concrete
units of criminal investigation, economic security and others should
interact. Their cooperation is indispensable," Kolokoltsev told
journalists on Monday.
According to him, several meetings between the leadership of the two
agencies on criminal investigation, economic security have already
been planned.
Kolokoltsev also said that much should be done yet to counter
cybercrime.
He said the next joint Board meeting would focus on interaction in
fighting crimes in information technology.
"This initiative was backed by the Armenian colleagues and the
corresponding units will hold consultations to this effect in the
near future and work out concrete mechanisms for cooperation," the
Russian interior minister stressed.
At the same time, Kolokoltsev said there are certain spheres where
it would be necessary to step up the activities.
"First of all, this is the joint work on regional organised criminal
communities having trans-border relationship. The separate pack of
issues is to create an effective law enforcement segment in migration
policy," the Russian minister stressed.
"Integration processes and economic cooperation of our countries
should be based on the joint efforts aimed at fighting crime and
protecting the interests of our citizens," Kolokoltsev emphasised.
ITAR-TASS
July 24, 2012 Tuesday 09:49 AM GMT+4
Russia
Russia's Interior Ministry and Armenia's police will exchange
experience in reforming the interior agencies, Russian Interior
Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said after a meeting of the two
countries' joint Interior Board on Monday.
"We agreed that we would exchange experience for carrying out reforms
of our agencies. Russia and Armenia are carrying out such reforms. Our
common goal is to make police highly professional, authoritative."
"The exchange of experience in this sphere, in my view, will help
us avoid mistakes and half-baked decisions," the Russian interior
minister stressed.
He also believes that the Russian Interior Ministry and Armenian
police should intensify joint work for combating organised crime.
"It is necessary to consolidate efforts to counter organised crime.
Our work in this field is positive. We conducted many operations
together," Kolokoltsev said at the joint Interior Board meeting. In his
words, last year alone, Russia's interior agencies detained 37 persons,
who are set up for gang leaders, 26 of which have been convicted. "We
also detained 98 leaders of major bandit groups. The operations against
some of them, mostly Armenian citizens, were conducted jointly with
Armenia. This allowed us to considerably increase the work efficiency,"
Kolokoltsev said.
He noted that as a rule, participants in trans-border criminal groups
commit fraud, property crimes, people abduction, as well as economic
crimes. As a rule they act in major economically developed regions of
the Central, North Caucasus and North-Western federal districts. But
they try to influence other countries. "Today our common task is
to protect the economy from criminal elements. Special attention is
riveted to joint investigation measures, it is also necessary to place
a special emphasis on the preventive measures," Kolokoltsev stressed.
Armenia's police chief Vladimir Gasparyan said for his part that
cooperation with the Russian Interior Ministry has been developing
successfully.
"No doubt that the agenda of our session (combating organised crime)
is important both for the Russian Interior Ministry and Armenia's
police because criminal activities of organised groups and communities
increase influence. Thus, we must strengthen cooperation," he said.
Gasparyan stressed that this work should be done in close cooperation.
He urged the Russian colleagues to more actively develop cooperation
in the exchange of information.
The joint Board meeting participants also agreed that Russian and
Armenian policemen will more often communicate directly, and not only
through their leadership.
"We agreed that not only the leaders of our agencies, but also concrete
units of criminal investigation, economic security and others should
interact. Their cooperation is indispensable," Kolokoltsev told
journalists on Monday.
According to him, several meetings between the leadership of the two
agencies on criminal investigation, economic security have already
been planned.
Kolokoltsev also said that much should be done yet to counter
cybercrime.
He said the next joint Board meeting would focus on interaction in
fighting crimes in information technology.
"This initiative was backed by the Armenian colleagues and the
corresponding units will hold consultations to this effect in the
near future and work out concrete mechanisms for cooperation," the
Russian interior minister stressed.
At the same time, Kolokoltsev said there are certain spheres where
it would be necessary to step up the activities.
"First of all, this is the joint work on regional organised criminal
communities having trans-border relationship. The separate pack of
issues is to create an effective law enforcement segment in migration
policy," the Russian minister stressed.
"Integration processes and economic cooperation of our countries
should be based on the joint efforts aimed at fighting crime and
protecting the interests of our citizens," Kolokoltsev emphasised.