Arthur Vanetsyan: Corruption affairs in the army reach tens of  billions of drams

ArmInfo. In 2018, the National  Security Service conducted twice as many activities related to the  prevention of illegal crossing of the state border. On December 20,  speaking at the ceremonial meeting on the day of the security service  workers and the 100th anniversary of the security agencies, the head  of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan stated.

He noted that, as we all know, the enemy intelligence services are  also not asleep, in this context Vanetsyan emphasized the high  professionalism of the Armenian special services.

The head of the National Security Service of Armenia also touched  upon the topic of corruption, in particular, Vanetsyan noted that a  number of corruption schemes were revealed in the army, and about  seven dozen criminal cases were initiated. "All the perpetrators are  brought to justice, while the damage is about ten billion drams," he  stressed. The head of the National Security Service also stressed  that stealing from the army is unacceptable, and the National  Security Service will be able to fight this terrible phenomenon with  all available means.

Vanetsyan stressed that a number of criminal cases on illegal arms  trafficking are in the proceedings of the National Security Service,  in connection with which 130 people were detained and 130 people were  arrested, among them there are also high-ranking officials and  deputies. "In these cases, 100 weapons were seized, as well as tens  of thousands of rounds," he noted.

The head of the National Security Service also said that the fight  against such phenomena as extremism, terrorism and cybercrime  continues. "For 11 months of 2018, the relevant units repulsed more  than 3 million attacks on state sites," Vanetsyan concluded.