Corruption damage amounts to almost 71 million soms for 5 months of 2019

13:55, 27 июня 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA

For five months of 2019, damage from corruption crimes amounted to 70,963,125 soms. Zamirbek Beishekeev, Head of the Investigation Supervision Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office announced at a coordination meeting on anti-corruption issues.

According to him, 3,131 corruption crimes have been registered for the period.

«Most of the corruption and misdemeanor offenses are registered by the prosecution authorities — 1,254. At least 16 crimes were registered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 25 — the State Committee for National Security, 87 — the State Service for Combatting Economic Crimes. Damage from the crimes amounted to 70,963,125 soms. About 8,773,597 soms were returned to the state,» Zamirbek Beishekeev said.