Over ֏4.5B Laundered in Major Drug Trafficking Case

Within the framework of a criminal proceeding being investigated in the Department for Investigation of Crimes of Human Trafficking, against the Sexual Integrity of Minors, and Illicit Drug Trafficking of the General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee, as a result of large-scale investigative actions and operational-intelligence measures undertaken by officers of the RA National Security Service, it was revealed that numerous foreign citizens smuggled particularly large quantities of various types of drugs into Armenia and subsequently sold them. To conceal the criminal origin of the funds received as a result, a number of RA citizens were also included in the group.

It should be recalled that during the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding, detention was applied as a measure of restraint against 22 individuals, and the criminal proceeding regarding them was sent to court with an indictment, about which the Investigative Committee has issued official statements.

As a result of the large-scale investigative actions carried out, it was found that during the years 2022-2025, a total of particularly large amounts of money—4,541,017,466 RA drams—were transferred to the bank cards of RA citizens H.G., her husband, and her husband's father from various persons and sources. To conceal the origin of this money, the amount was converted into 11,188,200 US dollars in various banks and credit organizations.

Subsequently, the members of the criminal group, wishing to conceal the transfer of these funds to another country and to avoid declaring them in the manner prescribed by law, divided the money among themselves and, during the years 2022-2025, on an almost daily basis, crossed the interstate border as pedestrians and transferred the money to persons involved in illicit drug trafficking, thereby concealing the fact of receiving the money as a result of illicit drug trafficking.

A public criminal prosecution has been initiated against H.G., G.A., and A.A. under Article 296, Part 3, Clause 3 of the Criminal Code (money laundering in particularly large amounts).

During the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding, a freeze was placed on the bank accounts, movable, and immovable property belonging to the latter.

The criminal proceeding regarding the three individuals has been sent with an indictment to the supervising prosecutor with a motion to confirm it and send it to the court for substantive examination.

Notice: A person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his or her guilt is proven in the manner prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code by a court verdict that has entered into legal force.