68% of Foreign Nationals in Armenian Prisons Hail from Georgia, Russia and Iran

  05 December 2015    Read: 1020
68% of Foreign Nationals in Armenian Prisons Hail from Georgia, Russia and Iran
Of the 127 foreign national serving time in Armenia
Here’s the breakdown: 32 are from Georgia, Russia - 29, Iran - 27.

Interestingly, most of the inmates with Georgian and Russian citizenship have Armenian roots.

The remaining 40 foreign national inmates hail from a variety of countries – Romania, France, Nigeria, Syria, India, Turkey, China, Peru, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Argentina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Ukraine and Holland.

Most of the 127 have been charged with the following Criminal Code violations:

-Article 215. Contraband.

-Article 266. Illegal turnover of narcotic drugs or psychotropic materials with the purpose of sale.

-Article 268. Illegal turnover of narcotic drugs or psychotropic materials without the purpose of sale.

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