The U.S. State Department has described "systemic corruption" as one of the most frequent and serious forms of human rights violation in Armenia, saying that the authorities in Yerevan are not doing enough to tackle it.
"Allegations of persistent corruption at all levels of government undermined the rule of law, although the government took limited steps to punish corruption by low- and mid-level officials," the State Department said on Thursday in its latest annual report on human rights practices around the world.
"There were numerous reports of systemic government corruption, including in such activities as urban maintenance, construction, public administration, the judiciary, state procurement and auctions, health care, taxation, law enforcement bodies, and military personnel," reads the report. "There were reports of embezzlement of state funds, involvement of government officials in questionable business activities, and tax privileges for government-linked companies."
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