{"id":175538,"date":"2026-02-13T18:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175538\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-reports-nearly-13-percent-decrease-in-registered-crimes","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/175538\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus reports nearly 13-percent decrease in registered crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><strong> 13, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 registered crimes fell by 12.7 percent in 2025 year on year, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serious crimes dropped by 3.4 percent, less serious by 13.7 percent, crimes classified as not posing a big danger to the public by 17.2 percent and corruption crimes by 18.2 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crimes committed by legal minors plunged by 26.2 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all, Belarusian judges convicted 28,177 people last year, acquitting only 36, according to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tabletki_unsplash_james_yarema_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tabletki_unsplash_james_yarema_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tabletki_unsplash_james_yarema_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tabletki_unsplash_james_yarema_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tabletki_unsplash_james_yarema_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/tabletki_unsplash_james_yarema_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Drug-related convictions on the rise in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 12, Pozirk. 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