The US State Department published annual Country Reports reflecting human rights conditions in over 190 countries for 2010. The section on Official Corruption and Government Transparency of the Report on Armenia noted that the Armenian authorities took limited preventive or punitive measures against corruption: no concrete actions were taken to address the systemic corruption in government. Civic groups working to address corruption stated that authorities continued to ignore media reports, implicating government officials in corrupt practices.

In 2009, the government approved 2009-12 anti-corruption strategy however, it failed to fund implementation of the strategy and devoted no money for anti-corruption efforts.

During the year, the Control Chamber published findings on gross violations and financial abuse in numerous state bodies; as in previous years, however, these cases were rarely prosecuted.

According to official statistics, various law-enforcement bodies launched 420 corruption-related cases during year. However, the majority of officials investigated or convicted were section heads or other low-level officials.

Corruption remained a significant problem in the police and security forces. Citizens reported police officers solicited bribes to drop criminal cases or reduce penalties. Corruption in prisons continued to be a problem, exacerbated by low salaries and poor and sometimes dangerous working conditions for prison employees.

For full information on Human Rights Report on Armenia 2010
please visit US Department of State website