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Azerbaijan, Baku, September 26 / Trend /
This year, were detained 70 suspects in various crimes, hiding in the CIS countries, said the deputy chief of head anti-criminality department, police colonel Arzu Dashdamirov said speaking at the board meeting of the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan.
According to him, over the past 8 months, as a result of investigation activities in Azerbaijan, 1,528 people were detained, including 73 suspects researched by law-enforcement agencies in other countries of CIS.
During this period, the number of persons being researched decreased by 10.5 percent compared with the same period of last year, including for serious or very serious crimes - by 5.5 percent. The indicator on search and arrest of suspects of deliberate killings, kidnappings, robbery, blackmail, rape significantly improved.
In general, location of 62.7 percent researched people within 8 months of this year was revealed, their number decreased by 14.6 percent compared to the same period last year.
Overview of the work done on tracing missing persons and the identification of unidentified dead bodies showed satisfactory results, said Dashdamirov.