Police and Investigative Committee officers have launched a joint raid at about 20 locations across Yerevan as part of a mafia crackdown.

Kima Avdalyan, spokesperson for the Investigative Committee, told Armenpress that the actions are part of ongoing criminal investigations and include all necessary procedural measures.

A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Armenpress that the raids are targeting suspected mobsters, or, as they described them, “individuals of the criminal subculture.”