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    ARMENIAN ARTURS LINKED TO NARCOTICS AND CRIME ACROSS BORDERS

    Standard, Kenya
    Aug. 31, 2006

    Those familiar with the Kiruki report say the commission raised the
    possibility that the Artur brothers were dealing in narcotics.

    They said the conclusion was that they were trans-national criminals
    who took advantage of the weakness in the country's administrative
    systems.

    Other findings were that their unauthorised actions were permitted and
    facilitated by official reluctance or inability to require compliance
    with the law.

    The commission was reportedly satisfied that Mr Arthur Margaryan was
    an impostor travelling on a fake passport.

    Illegal business

    Those acquainted with the report said the document, which is about
    100 pages, alleges that Mr Artur Sargarsyan was an Armenian national
    who relocated to the United Arab Emirates.

    The sources said the commission established that Sargarsyan was out
    to set up an outlet in Kenya for his illegal business.

    The sources say the commission failed to authoritatively identity the
    Armenians. The identification was not ascertained because documents
    found on them were forgeries.

    During the inquiry, it was proved that a photograph on Artur
    Margaryan's Kenyan passport, bearing the name Sarkissyan Artak,
    was different from the name on his airport pass, Artur N N, and also
    different from the one on the forged police certificate of appointment,
    where he is called A M Joennes.

    No bank accounts

    His fake brother, Sargarsyan, held a Kenyan passport with the name
    Sarkissyan Arman, and went by the name Arman Sarkissyan on the
    airport pass.

    His original Armenian passport belonged to Artur Sargarsyan, but
    he also had another passport with similar numbers under the name
    Arthur Gervorkyan.

    The commission was said to have also found it difficult to establish
    the nature of the Arturs business, but was satisfied that they were
    engaged in illegal activities.

    The Kiruki team was said to have been concerned that the Arturs
    operated no bank accounts, their companies had no known offices,
    their PIN numbers were forgeries and the names on their passports
    were different from those on their registered companies.

    The report was said to have established that two Tanzanians, Mr
    Nobert Ntwenya and Mr Lucas Makena, were escorted into Tanzania and
    not deported.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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