On July 24, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Vitebsk region has recorded the lowest proportion of juvenile delinquency in the republic for the first half of 2012, as reported to BELTA correspondent by Irina Yanukovich, Senior Assistant Prosecutor of the Vitebsk Region for Supervision over the Enforcement of Legislation on Minors and Youth. Over six months, 167 crimes were committed by minors or with their complicity in the Vitebsk region, which is 23.7% less than in the same period last year. Their proportion in the total crime volume was 4%. The number of minors involved in criminal activities decreased by 14.3% to 156, with a proportion of 4.4%. These indicators are the best in the republic, emphasized Irina Yanukovich. However, despite the overall decrease in juvenile delinquency in the region, its growth is noted in the Vitebsk, Gluboksky, Dubrovensky, Lepel, Liozno and Ushachi districts. A high proportion of juvenile delinquency persists in Vitebsk, Vitebsk, Beshenkovichi, Braslav, Glubokoe, Miory and Ushachi districts. Irina Yanukovich also spoke about the work done to implement the requirements of Decree No. 18 "On Additional Measures for State Protection of Children in Deprived Families". In particular, for the first half of the year, the reimbursement by obligated persons of funds spent by the state on child maintenance amounted to 50.8%. In several regions of the oblast (Vitebsk, Ushachi, Polotsk, Liozno, Senno, Braslav, etc.), the reimbursement percentage remains below the regional average. 339 children were recognized as needing state protection in January-June (3671 during the decree's validity), 205 children, or 60.4%, were returned to their biological families (2042, or 55.6%, respectively). As of July 1, 2012, 312 children recognized as needing state protection from 198 families were registered. -0-

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