CBA CONSIDERS RUMORS ABOUT TRANSFER OF MONEY TO KURDISTAN WORKERS’ PARTY THROUGH ARMENIAN BANKS AS FABRICATED
AZG Armenian Daily
11/06/2009
Economy
The rumors spread by Turkish sources that money is transferred to the
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) through Armenian banks are fabricated
and do not correspond to reality.
"An efficient system of the fight against money laundering and
terrorism financing has been introduced in Armenia. The Republic
of Armenia has either joined or established close cooperation with
the major international organizations engaged in the fight against
money laundering and terrorism financing, as well as with all foreign
financial intelligence bodies. Until now, no inquiry or report on the
indicated facts has been received from these organizations; moreover,
such facts have never been recorded as a result of our own analysys",
the PR Service of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) said: To recap,
citing data of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, Star
newspaper (Turkey) reported that one billion euros is transferred
annually through Armenian and Cyprian banks to PKK in North Iraq.
According to the Turkish intelligence organization,
Germany-headquartered Union of Kurdish Businessmen and Employers
annually sends about a billion euros (collected from its 279 member
organizations in Europe) to PKK, with money transfers being carried
out through banks in Armenia and Cyprus, Noyan Tapan reports.