Special Investigative Service of Armenia
| Special Investigative Service Հայաստանի Հանրապետության հատուկ քննչական ծառայություն | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 2007 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Governing body | Ministry of Justice |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Vagharsh Vagharshyan Street, Arabkir District, Yerevan[1] |
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| Parent agency | Government of Armenia |
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The Special Investigative Service of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության հատուկ քննչական ծառայություն) is the main investigating authority in Armenia and operates as Armenia's anti-corruption agency answerable to the Prime Minister of Armenia.[2] In its duties, it is considered to be an independent body "in its nature and also in its legislation".[3] The current head is Sasun Khachatryan, who took office on 11 June 2018.
History
[edit]The Special Investigation Service is relatively young agency in the system of law-enforcement agencies. It was established on 28 November 2007 by the adoption of the Law “On Special Investigation Service” that was ratified by President Robert Kocharyan on November 30 of the same year. It originally operated in the administrative building of Prosecutor General's Office, on a separate floor which ended up being insufficient for the activities of the Service. On 10 October 2014, President Serzh Sargsyan was present at the opening of the need building allocated for the Special Investigation Service.[4][5]
Structure
[edit]Special Forces
[edit]The Special Investigative Service of Armenia maintains a small tactical unit in order to not be dependent on other agencies. Very little is known about this special operations unit.[6]
List of leaders
[edit]See also
[edit]- Crime in Armenia
- National Security Service (Armenia)
- Police of Armenia
- Investigative Committee of Russia
References
[edit]- ^ "SPECIAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA • ARMENIA (YEREVAN) • SPYUR". spyur.am.
- ^ "Armenia". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Pashinyan: Armenia Special Investigative Service is independent". news.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Law of the Republic of Armenia "About special investigative service"". cis-legislation.com. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "History". www.ccc.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ Кнутов, Юрий. "Спецназ Армении и Азербайджана: место встречи изменить нельзя?". Еженедельник «ЗВЕЗДА» (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Head of Special Investigative Service of Armenia resigns". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ "Sasun M. Khachatryan". www.ccc.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.