As a result of close professional collaboration with international liaison officer of the British Embassy to Georgia, representatives of the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom delivered specialized 2-day training to investigators and analysts of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. Topics of the training covered various aspects related to the parallel financial investigations and frozen assets management.
 

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, in coordination with the representatives of the Customs Department of the Revenue Service, exposed fact of importing particularly large amount of goods through the customs border of Georgia in violation of customs regulations by a group with a prior agreement, for which criminal prosecution was started against two persons.
 

Considering the high interest of the public, we would like to respond to the information disseminated yesterday by one of the media, which is aimed at misinforming the public and discrediting the investigative authority.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out throughout Georgia, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, during the month of August of 2024, exposed 11 facts of storage, transportation and sale of large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks and brought to the criminal liability 11 persons, 2 of which were detained.