Penza, 30 June 2018. PenzaNews. The amount of damage caused to the state as a result of crimes in 2017 amounted to more than 320 million roubles in the Penza region. This was reported by the senior assistant of the regional prosecutor for media relations Svetlana Artamonova.

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According to her, from January to April 2018 this figure exceeded 15 million roubles.

"At the same time, in 2017 only 72.8% of the total amount of damages on completed criminal cases was compensated, whereas over 4 months of 2018 – only 7%. The compensation of damage is not provided by the seizure of property of debtors due to its absence and insufficient work on its revelation," Svetlana Artamonova explained.

According to her, this demonstrates flaws in the work of law enforcement authorities that consider the issues of restoration of property rights of secondary significance.

"Activities aimed at compensation of damage are usually held at the final stage of preliminary investigation and without proper interaction with field services. No work on finding property obtained from other persons as a result of criminal acts is conducted," Svetlana Artamonova added.