ALISA AMIRKHANYAN

Senior Prosecutor at the Department of Organizational, Supervisory and

Legal Support Affairs of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia

Applicant at the Chair of Criminal Law of Yerevan State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59546/18290744‑2026.1‑3‑118

Annotation.

The prevention of corruption and the fight against it have been declared as priorities of strategic importance In the Republic of Armenia.

In such circumstances, it is important to introduce new internationally accepted tools for fighting corruption and their continuous improvement, aimed at combating corruption both in the civil, administrative and criminal spheres.

In this context, the analysis of the characteristics of the crime of illicit enrichment becomes more important.

Accordingly, in the article, an attempt was made to address the subject of illicit enrichment, according to domestic legislation, as well as international experience. The article, among other things, refers to the relevant provisions of the RA Law “On Public Service” (both in force at the time of the criminalization of the article and currently in force), the legal positions formulated by the relevant decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, international legal documents considered as guidelines in terms of defining the subject of illicit enrichment, as well as domestic legislative regulations of about two dozen foreign countries and presenting relevant conclusions.

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