Press releases

On December 12-13 of current year, with the support of Europol, within the project EMPACT - European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats, co-hosted by the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and the NAS Carabinieri of the Republic of Italy, the conference EMPACT IPCCGC / OPSON XIII on Counterfeit Food and Geographical Indications was held in Tbilisi.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, six persons were accused and brought to the criminal liability, four of whom are entrepreneurs, and two - accountants of the company, on the facts of fraudulent misappropriation of large amount of money belonging to the state by an organized group, by manufacturing and using forged documents.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, the employees of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, exposed 4 persons on the fact of damaging the state budget by deceit by manufacturing and using forged tax documents, as a group, 2 of whom have been arrested. 

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, on the fact of selling forged currency, one person has been detained.

Representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, in the month of November of the current year, as a result of operative-searching and investigative activities conducted throughout Georgia, exposed 25 facts of storage-transportation-sale of large quantities of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks, for which 24 persons were charged as accused, 12 of them are detained.

With the financial support of the Organization for Security and Cooperation of Europe and the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia, under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice, during the period of November 20-24, 2023, at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, was held a simulation training under the name - "Combating human trafficking: sustainability of inter-agency cooperation through implementation of national simulation training". The simulation training was implemented with the close cooperation and participation of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, the Prosecutor's Office, the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance, LEPL- Labour Inspection Office, LEPL - The State Fund for Protection and Assistance of (statutory) Victims of Human Trafficking and non-governmental organizations in Georgia.