As a result of the operational-investigative measures taken based on the operational data received by the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia, a case of organizing illegal migration from the Republic of Armenia to Europe was revealed.
In particular, it was revealed that the owner and director of one of the travel agencies operating in Yerevan, A.D., and an employee of the same company, Y.Kh., by prior agreement, organized the illegal migration of S.T., a resident of Tavush region, for profit, in exchange for 3,300 euros, by presenting a false document and false information in order to obtain a proper permit to enter and stay in a foreign country.
Based on the factual data obtained as a result of the operational-investigative measures taken, a report on a presumptive crime was submitted to the General Department for the Investigation of Crimes against the State, Fundamentals of the Constitutional Order and Public Security of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Republic of Armenia.
At the same time, on the basis of the existence of a well-founded suspicion that a crime had been committed, A.D. and Y.Kh. were arrested and submitted to the preliminary investigation body.
A criminal proceeding was initiated in the RA Criminal Investigation Department on the basis of Article 470, Part 3, Clause 1 and Article 457, Part 2 of the RA Criminal Code, within the framework of which one of the organizers of illegal migration, Y.Kh., was detained, and house arrest was applied to A.D. as a preventive measure.
In addition, as a result of searches conducted in the apartments and workplaces of the persons detained under criminal proceedings, copies of birth certificates, passports, bank transfer statements, computers, electronic media, seals, a notebook containing notes on receiving money from various persons, etc. were found and seized.
