18 April 2016, 15:45
Migran Pogosyan resigns because of offshore scandal
Migran Pogosyan, the chief of the Armenian Service for Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts, has filed a letter on his resignation to President Serzh Sargsyan. He has explained his decision by the fact that his name appears in the "Panama dossier" on offshore companies.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on April 3, the International Consortium for Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) released a report on the investigation, based on documents of the Panamanian law firm "Mossack Fonseca", which contained the information on the offshore companies owned by well-known politicians, including current and former leaders of states.
The ICIJ's report states that the family members of Azerbaijani President own secret offshore accounts and shares in gold mining companies. According to the documents, the Aliev family members control the investment company "AtaHolding", one of the largest in Azerbaijan.
According to the "Panamanian dossier", Migran Pogosyan is a shareholder of three companies, registered in Panama, including "Sigtem Real Estates Incorporated", "Hopkinten Trading Incorporated", "BANGIO INVEST S.A.", and is engaged in doing business, the "ArmINFO" reports.
Two of those companies have accounts at a Swiss bank, the "PanARMENIAN.Net" reports.
Those documents have been made public during the days of the escalation of the Karabakh conflict, and thus, no public resonance took place in Armenia in connection with the offshore scandal, the "Lragir.am" reports. The edition also notes that because of the Migran Pogosyan's inclusion in the "Panamanian dossier", the Armenian government was subjected to the powerful pressure from Western creditors.
Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.
