Special Investigative Service of Armenia

Special Investigative Service
Հայաստանի Հանրապետության հատուկ քննչական ծառայություն
Agency overview
Formed2007
Jurisdictional structure
Governing bodyMinistry of Justice
Operational structure
HeadquartersVagharsh Vagharshyan Street, Arabkir District, Yerevan[1]
Agency executive
  • Sasun Khachatryan, Chairman
Parent agencyGovernment of Armenia
Website
www.ccc.am/en/

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

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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

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Special Forces

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See also: Special Forces of Armenia

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

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  • Vahram Shahinyan (-6 June 2018)[7]
  • Sasun Khachatryan (11 June 2018-present)[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SPECIAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA • ARMENIA (YEREVAN) • SPYUR". spyur.am.
  2. ^ "Armenia". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  3. ^ "Pashinyan: Armenia Special Investigative Service is independent". news.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  4. ^ "Law of the Republic of Armenia "About special investigative service"". cis-legislation.com. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  5. ^ "History". www.ccc.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  6. ^ Кнутов, Юрий. "Спецназ Армении и Азербайджана: место встречи изменить нельзя?". Еженедельник «ЗВЕЗДА» (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  7. ^ "Head of Special Investigative Service of Armenia resigns". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  8. ^ "Sasun M. Khachatryan". www.ccc.am. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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