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A group of civil society activists in Armenia are compiling a list of corrupt officials with the aim of delivering it to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs when they come to Armenia.
In addition, the activists will demand sanctions be imposed on the people on the list. One member of this initiative, Zara Hovhannisyan, informed Epress.am that on the list are names of criminal oligarchs and corrupt officials, as well as officials who have trampled on human rights.
"We demand to ban entry into other countries the children and other relatives of Armenian oligarch and officials who've violated human rights in Armenia, and to freeze the personal [bank] accounts of family members of those Armenian government officials who, for security reasons, transfer money stolen from the Armenian people to different banks in Europe and the United States or invest in real estate acquired abroad. We will continue to work on this list and the list of criminal oligarchs and corrupt officials will grow, since this country's main task is to get rid of criminals," she said.
The list will be published when it is complete, she added.
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