By Kristine Aghalaryan and Hrant Galstyan

A charter airplane that was supposed to transport more than 400 monkeys and other animals to Armenia has been seized in Tanzania, according to The Citizen, a Tanzanian newspaper.

The nephew of Armenia President Serzh Sargsyan is a 50 percent shareholder in two hydropower projects on the Yeghegis River. According to a Ministry of Nature Protection monitor, the numerous projects on the river are increasing the water temperature.Small hydroelectric power plants in Armenia are pouring electricity into the country’s grid—and a steady stream of guaranteed income into the pockets of the political insiders who own them.

The wife of the Chief of Armenia’s Compulsory Enforcement Service (CES) allegedly bought a US$ 70,000 Range Rover in 2015 despite the fact she has claimed zero income and the car’s price is nearly three times her husband’s annual salary, reported OCCRP partner center Hetq.

By Marine Madatyan

Brazilian resident Malika Aboussena shared a photo of her friend Rafal Zelbert on Facebook and wrote: “Beautiful eyes; where are you now?”

Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has issued a blunt threat to Germany: if Germany doesn't extradite two Turkish prosecutors pronto, Turkey may refuse extraditions that Germany might want in the future.

Two prosecutors who allegedly oversaw the 2013 Turkish government corruption probe have fled the country only hours before arrest warrants were issued for them.

A new report by corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) warns that corruption threatens economic and democratic development in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Armenian authorities detained several hundred protesters including two reporters for the Armenian investigative news portal Hetq, accusing them of taking part in an illegal gathering.

Ambassador Leach with Zaruhie MedjlumyanOCCRP partner Hetq's reporter Zaruhie Medjlumyan has won a “Media Excellence” prize at the 2015 Universal Rights award ceremony in Yerevan, Armenia, for her professionalism and coverage of the rights of those sentenced to life imprisonment.

Contracts valued at 63 million AMD (US$ 130,773) were given to a company owned by the son of a former health minister, according to a journalistic investigation that has sparked a row over nepotism.

Armenia Prime Minister Hovik AbrahamyanArmenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan has close family members who own more than 35 businesses in Armenia.

The Armenian Constitution prohibits government officials from engaging in commercial enterprises while in office, a statute that is seldom enforced.  Abrahamyan has no businesses officially registered under his name.

An Armenian Member of Parliament has been breeding and raising Siberian tigers as exotic pets.

Two defendants accused of involvement in Armenia's largest drug bust to date declared their innocence this week at the Goris branch of Syunik Court of Jurisdiction.