Topic: Corruption
By Yousef Bardouka Armenian authorities arrested the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan for alleged money laundering. The eccentric tycoon had recently run in the June parliamentary[...]
By Naira Bulghadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — The Armenian opposition accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on December 30 of continuing to crack down on dissent ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections[...]
WASHINGTON — The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) condemned President Trump’s pardon of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), who was indicted in 2024 for accepting nearly six hundred thousand dollars[...]
By Arshaluys Barseghyan The Armenian Prosecutor General’s Office has charged David Papazian, the former head of the now dissolved Armenian State Interests Foundation (ANIF), with forgery, money laundering, and theft.[...]
By Shoghik Galstian (Azatutyun.am) — Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) has brought criminal charges against Diana Gasparyan, the former pro-government mayor of the town of Vagharshapat who resigned two months ago,[...]
By Naira Bulghadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC) again raided the headquarters of Yerevan’s municipal administration on Tuesday, May 20, arresting two more officials working there. A spokeswoman[...]
By Gayane Saribekian YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am) — Amid an uproar from his political opponents and media, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan said on Monday, December 23 that he will pay the municipal[...]
By Justin Rohrlich LONDON (The Independent) — Eric Adams is facing a raft of felony charges as the first-ever federal indictment against a sitting New York City mayor was unsealed[...]
By Henry Pope LOS ANGELES (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) — The U.S. Justice Department in July seized a Los Angeles mega-mansion from the family of a former Armenian[...]
By Kelly Bloss (OCCRP), Olga Loginova (Vlast), Fatima Karimova (Mikroskop Media), Aidan Iusubova (iFact) and Nana Bregadze (iFact) LONDON (OCCRP) — As head of security for Azerbaijan’s president, Baylar Eyyubov is closely[...]