Armenian prime minister urges officials to give public explanations for money laundering accusations
30.10.2009,
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Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said today government officials, accused by a parliament member of money laundering, must give public explanations.
YEREVAN, October 29, /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said today government officials, accused by a parliament member of money laundering, must give public explanations.
According to the prime minister, in an interview to an Armenian newspaper, ‘168 Zham’ (168 Hours), a non-partisan parliament member Viktor Dalakian said he knows that some government officials are engaged in money-laundering operations.
“This is a signal to prosecutors and the Central Bank to give public explanations to Viktor Daklakian’s statement,’ Tigran Sarkisian said today while opening the recurrent government session.
The head of the government said Dalakian’s statement is ‘a serious signal for the government to step up its efforts for revealing money-laundering instances.
Armenia’s prosecutor general Aghvan Hovsepian said during a recent meeting of the board of the Office of Prosecutor General, attended also by officials from the Central Bank and journalists, the focus was on the joint efforts of the law-enforcement bodies and Central Bank to fight money laundering.
He also recalled that the Council of Europe’s Moneyval Committee said in a latest report that Armenia has made substantial progress in the implementation of recommendations of International Financial Action Task Force on Money laundering. The Committee of Experts Moneyval of the Council of Europe monitors and assesses the measures adopted by member states in the field of prevention and fighting against money laundering and financing of terrorism in line with recommendations drawn up by Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.
Moneyval at its 30th plenary meeting in late September adopted the mutual evaluation report of Armenia. In its assessment of Step 3 of fighting money laundering and financing of terrorism Armenia is in the 10th position among 25 member countries. -0-
According to the prime minister, in an interview to an Armenian newspaper, ‘168 Zham’ (168 Hours), a non-partisan parliament member Viktor Dalakian said he knows that some government officials are engaged in money-laundering operations.
“This is a signal to prosecutors and the Central Bank to give public explanations to Viktor Daklakian’s statement,’ Tigran Sarkisian said today while opening the recurrent government session.
The head of the government said Dalakian’s statement is ‘a serious signal for the government to step up its efforts for revealing money-laundering instances.
Armenia’s prosecutor general Aghvan Hovsepian said during a recent meeting of the board of the Office of Prosecutor General, attended also by officials from the Central Bank and journalists, the focus was on the joint efforts of the law-enforcement bodies and Central Bank to fight money laundering.
He also recalled that the Council of Europe’s Moneyval Committee said in a latest report that Armenia has made substantial progress in the implementation of recommendations of International Financial Action Task Force on Money laundering. The Committee of Experts Moneyval of the Council of Europe monitors and assesses the measures adopted by member states in the field of prevention and fighting against money laundering and financing of terrorism in line with recommendations drawn up by Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.
Moneyval at its 30th plenary meeting in late September adopted the mutual evaluation report of Armenia. In its assessment of Step 3 of fighting money laundering and financing of terrorism Armenia is in the 10th position among 25 member countries. -0-
