Absorption of illicitly acquired assets
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- Published: March 12, 2025
The fight against corruption remains a focus in Armenia, also in order to tie in with the Twinning Project ‘Fostering integrity and preventing corruption in the public sector in Armenia’ implemented by the IRZ and the cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Committee.
In February, the practically relevant topic of the absorption of illegally acquired assets was addressed together with the IRZ's new partner organisation, the Anti-Corruption Chamber at the Court of Cassation. In the presence of the Head of the Anti-Corruption Chamber, Mr Artur Davtyan, 30 judges from the Anti-Corruption Chamber, the Anti-Corruption Court and the Anti-Corruption Appeal Court took part in the training. After an introductory presentation by the Armenian judge Lisa Grigoryan on the fight against corruption and the freezing of assets in Armenia, the German IRZ expert, Senior Public Prosecutor Kathrin Brockhöft from the Central Office for Organised Crime and Corruption at the General Prosecutors Office in Celle, took over the further management of the training. Many procedural challenges were discussed and solutions were developed in lively question and answer sessions and discussion rounds.
On the following day, the IRZ organised a lecture on the same topic together with the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University. After the opening speech by the Dean of the Law Faculty, Harutjun Khachikyan, and an introductory lecture by Gevorg Barseghyan, a lecturer at the Chair of Criminal Law, Senior Public Prosecutor Kathrin Brockhöft also continued the lecture and the subsequent discussion. Around 40 students from various universities and educational institutions in Yerevan took part in the lecture on the confiscation of assets of illicit origin with obvious interest.
