ARMENIAN ARTURS LINKED TO NARCOTICS AND CRIME ACROSS BORDERS

Standard, Kenya
Aug. 31, 2006

Those familiar with the Kiruki report say the commission raised the
possibility that the Artur brothers were dealing in narcotics.

They said the conclusion was that they were trans-national criminals
who took advantage of the weakness in the country’s administrative
systems.

Other findings were that their unauthorised actions were permitted and
facilitated by official reluctance or inability to require compliance
with the law.

The commission was reportedly satisfied that Mr Arthur Margaryan was
an impostor travelling on a fake passport.

Illegal business

Those acquainted with the report said the document, which is about
100 pages, alleges that Mr Artur Sargarsyan was an Armenian national
who relocated to the United Arab Emirates.

The sources said the commission established that Sargarsyan was out
to set up an outlet in Kenya for his illegal business.

The sources say the commission failed to authoritatively identity the
Armenians. The identification was not ascertained because documents
found on them were forgeries.

During the inquiry, it was proved that a photograph on Artur
Margaryan’s Kenyan passport, bearing the name Sarkissyan Artak,
was different from the name on his airport pass, Artur N N, and also
different from the one on the forged police certificate of appointment,
where he is called A M Joennes.

No bank accounts

His fake brother, Sargarsyan, held a Kenyan passport with the name
Sarkissyan Arman, and went by the name Arman Sarkissyan on the
airport pass.

His original Armenian passport belonged to Artur Sargarsyan, but
he also had another passport with similar numbers under the name
Arthur Gervorkyan.

The commission was said to have also found it difficult to establish
the nature of the Arturs business, but was satisfied that they were
engaged in illegal activities.

The Kiruki team was said to have been concerned that the Arturs
operated no bank accounts, their companies had no known offices,
their PIN numbers were forgeries and the names on their passports
were different from those on their registered companies.

The report was said to have established that two Tanzanians, Mr
Nobert Ntwenya and Mr Lucas Makena, were escorted into Tanzania and
not deported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress