YEREVAN. – A U.S. citizen fugitive, who was located in Armenia, has been extradited to the United States.
The United States Embassy in Yerevan and the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia have cooperated to extradite the fugitive, the embassy informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
U.S. and Armenian law enforcement authorities and prosecutors coordinated the capture and return of a U.S. citizen fugitive located in Yerevan, Armenia.
United States Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia Richard Mills, Jr., and General Prosecutor Artur Davtyan of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia made the announcement.
The U.S. citizen was arrested by Armenian law enforcement personnel in Yerevan, Armenia, in December 2017 based on an Interpol Red Notice. The individual was previously charged in the United States for the alleged sexual abuse of a minor. While under supervised release pending trial, the subject fled the United States, initiating an international fugitive investigation. U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service agents assigned to the Criminal Investigative Liaison Branch in Washington, DC, and the Assistant Regional Security Officer-Investigator at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan coordinated with Armenian law enforcement authorities who promptly located and arrested the fugitive. The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of International Affairs, the U.S. Ma...
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