Armenian law-enforcers disclose illegal migration mechanism 

ArmInfo. Officers of the Organized Crime Department of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia have begun operations to  solve the crime based on information received from the Foreign  Investigations Department of the US Embassy in Armenia. Criminal  police officers have uncovered the entire mechanism of the illegal  migration operation, the press service of the Ministry of Internal  Affairs of the Republic of Armenia reported.

According to preliminary information, the following occurred: A  23-year-old resident of Yerevan's Sari Tagh district, having learned  that a 56-year-old resident of Nor Nork was organizing US visas,  approached him. In exchange for $1,000, the man sent her to Belgium  to obtain a visa at the US Embassy in Brussels. The woman left, but  on November 7, after being refused, she returned to Armenia. This  time, the 56-year-old man offered to arrange an entry visa for the  woman at the US Embassy in Armenia. He provides a package of  documents, including a certificate from an Armenian bank stating that  the woman is employed there and a certificate of study at the English  Language Study Center. They also agree that if the woman's  application is successful, she will pay the man $10,000.

On November 17, the woman applies to the embassy for a non-immigrant  student visa. However, the criminal police discover that the  documents are forged and that the woman has never worked at the bank.  The collected documents were sent to the Investigative Committee. On  December 1, a criminal case was opened for organizing illegal  migration and selling, producing, or using forged documents.  The  circumstances are being clarified during the preliminary  investigation.