14:45, 21 April 2023

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, ARMENPRESS. Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan believes that law enforcement agencies must change their methods and strategy in combating drug trafficking.

“Drug use has undergone modification. Today, narcotics are some colored tablets, which look nice, and that’s the most horrifying part. Because in the 1990s, by saying drug addict we would imagine some dark views, but now that view is nice, and that’s why we have a very serious challenge in this regard among the teenagers,” Vardapetyan said, adding that she has asked the director of the National Security Service and the Minister of Internal Affairs to upgrade their methods of investigating drug trafficking.

She warned that the drug trafficking methods have changed significantly.

In the past, authorities knew how drug traffickers were operating in any given neighborhood, whereas today it is happening online. “This is all related to money laundering because there are transferred and cashed out crypto-currencies. In addition, it is circulated through e-wallets, thus a renewed format of investigation and prevention are among our priorities,” Vardapetyan said.