YEREVAN. – European Union granted Armenia about €400,000 since 2009 to increase awareness on children trafficking and creation of system to prevent this crime, EU delegation representative in Armenia Onno Simons said at a press conference on Thursday.

 “The target group of the program, which started in 2009 and lasted for 27 months, includes children from orphanages, schools, teachers and pupils of care center, as well as law enforcement bodies, social service employees and street children devoid of parental care,” Simons said.

Simons stressed she is aware of the case of former prime minister aide, American-Armenian businessman Serob Ter-Poghosyan accused of pedophilia. She said that the authorities showed adequate response to this case.