During the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings carried out in the Department of Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity of the Main Department of the RA Investigative Committee, it appears that factual data were obtained that H.M., with the prior consent of her sister’s husband H.S., as part of a group, using cattle herders, minor A.P. and his father Y.P. owed them 40-60 thousand AMD, as well as the circumstances of the minor’s mental illness. In the period from August 8 to September 4, 2025, A.P. was subjected to trafficking, forced labor, which negligently caused severe consequence, causing him severe psychological and emotional suffering.
As a result of investigative and procedural actions, the persons who committed the crime were identified and decisions were made to initiate public criminal prosecution against them, according to Article 189, Part 3, Clause 2 of the Criminal Code (trafficking or exploitation of a child or a helpless person).
One of them was put under house arrest as a preventive measure, and the ban on absenteeism was applied to the other.
The criminal proceedings were sent to the supervising prosecutor with an indictment.
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