ARMENIA NOT INCLUDED IN BLACK-LIST

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| 16:47:53 | 05-05-2005 | Politics |

Two criminal cases on money laundering were initiated in Armenia. The
first one was initiated with the data provided by the US special
services on an Armenian citizens who illegally transferred $1 million
300 thousand to some Armenian banks. The second one is the case of
the Credit Yerevan Bank referring to the individual bills to the
sum of $250 million, which could be turned into cash in different
states. The process was suspended by Interpol.

Today during the international conference entitled «Introduction
and Formation of Efficient System of Combating Money Laundering and
Terror Financing» RA Central Bank President Tigran Sargsyan informed
that Armenia is not included in any of black-lists of international
structures for terror financing. According to Tigran Sargsyan,
hundreds of Armenian businessmen and enterprises function offshore
on a legal basis.

Head of the OSCE Yerevan Office Vladimir Pryakhin stated that in
the course of the recent ten months a special law was worked out in
correspondence with the international standards. “This proves that
Armenia is engaged in struggle against terrorism”, he said.

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