Prosecutor General`s Office of Armenia promises - claims will be  filed in courts soon ON cases of illegal enrichment 

ArmInfo.In the near future, claims on cases of illegal enrichment will be filed with the courts, Armenian Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan told journalists on April  30.

To the remark that rumors are also circulating that the Prosecutor  General himself has a luxurious mansion, Davtyan said that there must  be legally established grounds for initiation of proceedings on  illegally acquired property. "Whether it is today, or tomorrow, or in  10 years, anyone can prove it," he said.

To recall, on April 15, 2020, the Armenian parliament in the second  and final reading adopted a bill on the confiscation of illegally  acquired property of citizens, the value of which exceeds $ 100  thousand. The law "On confiscation of property of illegal origin"  against illegal enrichment has been supplemented with new  clarifications, including on the basis of proposals from the  opposition. In particular, the legislators decided to clarify,  according to which the unaccounted property of only politicians and  entrepreneurs will be considered, and not labor migrants (who often  also work without an employment contract and cannot justify their  income). At the same time, the burden of proving the illegality of  the property lies with the state.

That is, it is not an official who must prove his innocence, but the  state must prove his guilt. People who received property as alimony  or compensation for damage to health, or if they are with mortgagees  and creditors (that is, in banks) are exempt from the obligation to  return property, regardless of its origin. The property, acquired up  to 10 years prior to the inspection, can be subject to inspection. In  exceptional cases, where there is strong evidence, the investigation  may cover the period from 1991. Personal data on the property of  suspects can only be obtained by a court decision.

In this case, the suspects can appeal against this decision. If  property of a citizen with illegal income is confiscated, then he can  still receive compensation for improvements in this area - but only  on the condition that these improvements were carried out on  legitimate income. A period of up to three years will be allotted to  carry out inspections for each individual case. The basis for a claim  may be certain actions or the status of a citizen, signals in  criminal cases concerning, mainly, crimes of a corruption nature,  participation in criminal gangs, illegal circulation of weapons and  drugs, and trafficking. There will also be articles on the criminal  subculture.