Penza, 29 January 2022. PenzaNews. In 2021, investigators of the investigation department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Penza Region reviewed more than 8.4 thousand reports of crimes. This is stated in a message posted on the website of the department.

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It says that during the year over 1.1 thousand criminal cases were initiated, the investigation of about 800 cases was completed; more than 1.2 thousand crimes were investigated in total.

“The damage caused in completed criminal cases amounted to more than 249 million roubles, a little less than 229 million roubles was compensated, property worth more than 29 million roubles was arrested for security purposes,” the text says.

The press release notes that over the past year, the units of the ICR investigative department considered more than 3.3 thousand appeals, more than 1.8 thousand citizens were admitted during personal reception.

The report also adds that in 2021, the investigation of 72 crimes of past years was completed, the clearance rate for murders was 93.2%.