Crimes slightly rise in Baku
5,464 crimes were reported in Baku in the first half of 2010, or
1.3 percent over the same period of 2009, the spokesman for the
Baku City Main Police Department has said.
Galib Rahimov told a news conference Friday that, along with the slight increase in the crime rate, the disclosure rate has risen. The figure made up 79.2 percent in 2009 and 80.7 percent so far in 2010.
According to Rahimov, the number of such grave crimes as murders, kidnappings and rapes decreased in comparison with the first half of 2009, with the disclosure rate remaining stable at 100 pct.
Such crimes as hostage-taking and banditry were not reported in the first half-year at all.*
Galib Rahimov told a news conference Friday that, along with the slight increase in the crime rate, the disclosure rate has risen. The figure made up 79.2 percent in 2009 and 80.7 percent so far in 2010.
According to Rahimov, the number of such grave crimes as murders, kidnappings and rapes decreased in comparison with the first half of 2009, with the disclosure rate remaining stable at 100 pct.
Such crimes as hostage-taking and banditry were not reported in the first half-year at all.*
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