In the result of cooperation established between the RA Investigative Committee and the US Embassy to Armenia a training on investigation of money laundering is held in Yerevan from November 29 to December 1 and the specialists of all state bodies involved in fight against the crime of money laundering – the RA Investigative Committee, the RA Prosecutor’s Office, the RA Anti-Corruption Committee, the Central Bank, the Ministry of Justice and other structures take part in it.

In particular, 12 investigators from the RA Investigative Committee – RA IC Central Office, as well as structural subdivisions, engaged in investigation of economic, corruption related crimes, illegal turnover of narcotic drugs, cybercrimes, were involved in the training.

The course was conducted with the support of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the US Embassy to Armenia and the Office of legal attaché of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US Department of Justice in Armenia and Georgia.

The training is aimed at getting acquainted with the specifics of this type of crime disclosure on the base of the American experience in criminal legal fight against money laundering, improvement of practical skills of methodology application, toolkit, financial intelligence, comparative analysis of legal practice of the US and Armenia in fight against money laundering and in the field of property confiscation, development of capacities to use mechanisms of legal mutual assistance.

At the opening speech the Deputy Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee Arsen Ayvazyan mentioned that the conduction of such events comes from the cooperation memorandum signed this year between the RA Investigative Committee and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. He thanked the US Embassy for responding to the needs of the RA Investigative Committee in increasing the effectiveness of fight against this type of crime and for providing an opportunity to explore the American experience. Mr. Ayvazyan noted that particularly at this stage when the indicators of disclosure of cases on money laundering have increased in Armenia, increasing the quality of the investigation within criminal proceedings regarding them has gained a key importance. In her speech Alexis Haftvan, Director of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the US Embassy to Armenia first of all, emphasized the principles shown by the Armenian side in the fight against corruption and financial crimes and interest in improving skills at this area. Mrs. Haftvan also mentioned that the US is ready to continue the assistance in removing assets of criminal origin from financial circulation and to the RA initiatives and programs aimed at promoting the fight against crime.

The training is conducted by the practical experts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US Department of Justice specialized in the spheres of investigation of financial crimes, money laundering, public corruption, property confiscation.