Press releases

Within the current investigation, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia will check all registered timber enterprises, despite their ownership. At this stage, two checks for the foreign companies (Chinese and Iranian) are appointed, the main sphere of activities of which is timber processing and selling.

Representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia are intensively carrying out activities throughout the territory of the country in order to detect and expose illegal timber extractors, sellers of wood materials with the use of forged documents and illegally operating timber enterprises. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of illegal logging cases, thus, the activities of the Investigation Service in this direction are becoming especially active.

Representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia are intensively carrying out activities throughout the territory of the country in order to detect and expose illegal timber extractors, sellers of wood materials with the use of forged documents and illegally operating timber enterprises.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia imposed criminal liability on twelve persons on the fact of misappropriation of large quantity of state property by deception by making and using forged documents, with a prior agreement by the group.

Representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia met with the Consul of the Embassy of Australia, a liaison officer of the Australian border forces (covering Georgia and the Republic of Azerbaijan), Mr. Philip Cachia.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia arrested the director of the Non-entrepreneurial (Non-commercial) Legal Entity “Kvareli Center for the Protection and Development of Cultural Heritage, Sport and Rest Centers” on the fact of fraud.