ian ▁launched ▁Armen ia ’ s ▁first ▁post - S ov iet ▁campaign ▁against ▁cor ruption ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁The ▁initi ative , ▁however , ▁has ▁been ▁widely ▁dispar aged ▁for ▁being ▁short ▁on ▁results . ▁Form er ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Tig ran ▁S args yan ▁has ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁cor ruption ▁is ▁Armen ia ’ s ▁" number ▁one ▁problem ▁that ▁ob struct s ▁all ▁our ▁re forms ." ▁ ▁The ▁government ▁has ▁recently ▁launched ▁an ▁anti - gra ft ▁campaign ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁accompanied ▁by ▁changes ▁in ▁custom s ▁reg ulations , ▁reported ▁tax ▁police ▁ins pe ctions ▁of ▁companies ▁owned ▁by ▁pro - g overn ment ▁business people ▁and ▁numerous ▁high - profile ▁fir ings ▁of ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁tax ▁department , ▁custom s ▁service ▁and ▁police . ▁The ▁recent ▁crack down ▁on ▁cor ruption ▁has ▁received ▁mixed ▁re actions . ▁ ▁Are as ▁ ▁Cour ts ▁ ▁Cor ruption ▁takes ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁b ri ber y ▁in ▁Armen ian ▁courts . ▁If ▁you ▁have ▁relative ▁jud ges ▁or ▁can ▁give ▁b rib es ▁r anging ▁from ▁a ▁few ▁hundred ▁to ▁thousands ▁of ▁US ▁dollars , ▁you ▁can ▁easily ▁get ▁the ▁judge ▁to ▁let ▁you ▁win ▁the ▁case . ▁This ▁has ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁rep atri ated ▁Armen ians ▁from ▁the ▁USA ▁an ▁many ▁other ▁countries ▁to ▁lose ▁everything ▁they ▁bring ▁to ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁worked ▁very ▁hard ▁for . ▁ ▁M ining ▁ ▁Reg ulation ▁of ▁min eral ▁industry ▁in ▁Armen ia