Illegal Migration for 42 Thousand USD․ Preliminary Investigation of Criminal Proceeding Completed
As a result of investigative and operative-intelligence actions conducted jointly by the officers of the RA Investigative Committee and the RA National Security Service, it was found out that RA citizens A.A., K.E. and H.T., acting as a group with prior agreement, organized the departure of S.Y. and A.Y. from the Republic of Armenia, their entry into a foreign state, and their stay in a foreign country, using forged documents and information, in exchange for 42 thousand USD.
Particularly, A.A., K.E. and H.T․, on the basis of forged documents, arranged for S.Y. and A.Y. to obtain entry permits to the “Schengen Agreement Countries”.
Subsequently, organised by A.A., K.E., and H.T., S.Y. and A.Y., with the aim of reaching the United States, travelled to Italy, then to Brazil, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. From Mexico, they were able to enter the United States only on their fourth attempt, where, after remaining for several months in various penitentiary institutions, they returned to the Republic of Armenia.
Within the framework of the criminal proceeding investigated in General Department for Investigation of Crimes against the State, Fundamentals of the Constitutional Order and Public Security of the RA Investigative Committee public criminal prosecution was initiated against A.A., K.E. and H.T. according to the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 470 of RA Criminal Code.
Detention was applied as a pretrial measure against them.
The criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor.
In the course of the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding it was also found out that they had previously committed similar types of crimes as well. Particularly, within the framework of another criminal proceeding under investigation H.T. has a status of the accused, and A.A. and K.E. have a status of the accused within the criminal proceeding at the trial stage.
We urge the RA citizens to refrain from seeking out individuals who, in exchange for money, offer promises of arranging travel to the United States or other countries through the preparation of forged documents, and to avoid attempting to travel by such means, in order not to become victims of illegal migration.
The RA law enforcement bodies consistently carry out efforts to detect such cases and to hold individuals who have committed crimes criminally liable.
