Foreign ministry verifying information about Armenian criminal ring in Germany
06.11.2018,
13:25
The Armenian foreign ministry is verifying the information released by Der Spiegel about an Armenian organized crime ring in Germany and the persons involved in it, Karen Nazaryan, Armenian acting deputy foreign minister, said Tuesday at the discussion of the draft government budget for 2019 in parliamentary committees.
YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. The Armenian foreign ministry is verifying the information released by Der Spiegel about an Armenian organized crime ring in Germany and the persons involved in it, Karen Nazaryan, Armenian acting deputy foreign minister, said Tuesday at the discussion of the draft government budget for 2019 in parliamentary committees.
According to the media source, the German police have been trying to arrest members of the ring for three years already and the special operation called ‘Fight against Thieves in Law’ is strongly secret.
Der Spiegel points out Arthur Abraham, Karo Murat, boxers of Armenian descent, and the latter’s brother as likely members of the criminal group.
Der Spiegel and MDR reported that Ashot Smbatyan, Armenian ambassador to Germany, offered his assistance to German investigators in their struggle against the Armenian criminal network, but German’s police department recommended not to accept the offer stressing that the investigators don’t rule out the probability of these criminals’ ties with Armenia’s officials.
Nazaryan, said that, taking into account the specifics of the matter and the allusion to some persons, including diplomats, he finds it reasonable to refrain from revealing more details.
After receiving answers to the requests sent to Germany, he said, maybe more detailed information will be released to public.
According to Der Spiegel and MDR, the investigators possessing particular evidence characterize the criminals as high-ranking figures from the Russian-Eurasian organized crime and say they control also Armenian criminal groups.
In July 2014, a shootout took occurred between the two criminal groups in Erfurt.
As many as 14 criminal cases were opened then against 42 people suspected of financial fraud.
However, evidence is insufficient to launch criminal charges. -0---
According to the media source, the German police have been trying to arrest members of the ring for three years already and the special operation called ‘Fight against Thieves in Law’ is strongly secret.
Der Spiegel points out Arthur Abraham, Karo Murat, boxers of Armenian descent, and the latter’s brother as likely members of the criminal group.
Der Spiegel and MDR reported that Ashot Smbatyan, Armenian ambassador to Germany, offered his assistance to German investigators in their struggle against the Armenian criminal network, but German’s police department recommended not to accept the offer stressing that the investigators don’t rule out the probability of these criminals’ ties with Armenia’s officials.
Nazaryan, said that, taking into account the specifics of the matter and the allusion to some persons, including diplomats, he finds it reasonable to refrain from revealing more details.
After receiving answers to the requests sent to Germany, he said, maybe more detailed information will be released to public.
According to Der Spiegel and MDR, the investigators possessing particular evidence characterize the criminals as high-ranking figures from the Russian-Eurasian organized crime and say they control also Armenian criminal groups.
In July 2014, a shootout took occurred between the two criminal groups in Erfurt.
As many as 14 criminal cases were opened then against 42 people suspected of financial fraud.
However, evidence is insufficient to launch criminal charges. -0---
