Transparency International appealed to PACE to investigate possible  involvement of Armenia in money laundering schemes along with other  countries

ArmInfo.Transparency International appealed to PACE with a request to investigate the  possible involvement of Armenia in money laundering schemes along  with other countries, the press service of the organization reported.

According to the source, in 2017 it became known that from 2012 to  2014, the ruling circles of Azerbaijan bribed some PACE delegates and  made a scheme known as "Azerbaijan Laundromat". "European  organizations that have committed money laundering and European  officials who provided services to Azerbaijan for money are also to  blame for this matter," the report says.

The organization's statement says, in particular, "After the  publication of the history of Azerbaijan's Laundromat, Transparency  International called on PACE to conduct an independent investigation  to identify other countries in the scheme and other cases of buying  votes in the organization. PACE, following calls to investigate, set  up an independent investigative body, which in April 2018 published  its report, which revealed numerous violations of the rules of  conduct and corruption.

Certain facts were presented in the report and doubts were expressed  with regard to 8 other countries - Armenia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia,  Monaco, Montenegro, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine. Due  to limited time and resources, these new charges were not properly  investigated.

On June 28, 2018, Transparency International appealed to the newly  elected President of PACE, Liliane Maury Pasquier , with a request to  expand the mandate of an independent investigative body to examine  suspicions against these countries. "