Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan, in accordance with the constitutional law “Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly,” today presented to the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of the RA the report on the activities of the Prosecutor’s Office for 2025, which was submitted to the National Assembly on March 31, 2026 and published on the official website of the Prosecutor’s Office.

Anna Vardapetyan, in particular, stated: “For the fourth year, I have the honor of presenting to you the annual report on the activities of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Armenia.

Before turning to the details, I will present several summary indicators of the work carried out in 2025.

In particular:

• During 2025, within the framework of the Prosecutor’s Office’s exclusive powers to protect state and community interests, based on judicial acts, as well as as a result of prosecutorial measures, 124 real estate properties were returned to the ownership or possession of the Republic of Armenia and communities. Their cadastral value, approximated to market value, is estimated at around AMD 66 billion 934 million. These include kindergartens, a cultural center, a stadium, a natural monument, parks, and land plots.
• In 2025, the first verdict in a case on confiscation of illicit assets entered into legal force. Based on this verdict, the ownership rights of the Republic of Armenia were registered over one apartment located on Vardanants street in Yerevan and one residential house located in the Arinj community of Kotayk region. Their combined average market value amounts to AMD 300 million 650 thousand (approximately USD 750,000). In addition, about AMD 21 million was transferred to the Unified Account of Recovered Funds. The second verdict, as you know, entered into legal force very recently—on April 15, 2026. According to the final court decision, the following assets of illicit origin are subject to confiscation from former head of the Abovyan community Karapet Murad Ghuloyan and his wife Roza Gagik Tsarukyan in favor of the Republic of Armenia

1. A part (about 90%) of the real estate located at Kotayk region, Arinj village, P. Sevak district, 14th street, house 8;
2. A land plot located at Kotayk region, Tsaghkadzor community, Tandzaghbyur street 29/2 — in full;
3. 2,000 shares of “ACBA BANK” OJSC;
4. The right to claim USD 264,000 from the outstanding part of a loan of USD 294,900 granted in 2021 to “Belglas” LLC.

In addition, the following is also subject to confiscation from Karapet Murad Ghuloyan in favor of the Republic of Armenia:

1. AMD 934,000 — the value of 267 shares of “Electromontazh” OJSC acquired in 2019.
2. AMD 1 billion 227 million 490 thousand — expenditures not justified by lawful income and deemed illicit, transferred during 2007–2022 to a bona fide acquirer or otherwise not identifiable for confiscation.
3. AMD 58 million 120 thousand — the remaining illicit income formed as a result of the transformation or use of assets of illegal origin.

The trend of reducing the duration of preliminary investigations observed in recent years continued in 2025: more than half of completed criminal proceedings — 53.4% — were investigated within up to 2 months, exceeding the 2024 figure by 11.3%.

Compared to the average indicators of the past 8 years, in 2025 the share of motions submitted to courts for selecting detention as a measure of restraint decreased by 2.5% in comparison to the total number of accused persons.

In 2025, 3,495 more criminal proceedings were completed than in 2024 (an increase of 9.2%). At the same time, the number of criminal proceedings submitted to court with approved indictments increased by 2,807 (or 23.8%).

From the launch of the system (December 5, 2024) to December 31, 2025, a total of AMD 39 billion 895 million 845 thousand was transferred to the Unified Account of Recovered Funds and the Unified Account of the Taxpayer.”