Press releases

As a result of investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, on the fact of misappropriation of large amount of money belonging to the state and to the five beneficiaries of the Rural Development Agency project – “Implement the future” and by manufacturing and using of forged official documents as a group, four persons were exposed and three of them were detained.

As a result of the complex measures carried out by the employees of the Investigative Service in the period of 2023, in Tbilisi, in the regions of Adjara, Samegrelo, Imereti and Kakheti, number of pharmacies operating in violation of the law were identified, which, in violation of the relevant license and license conditions, were selling psychotropic and special medicines of various names subject to control without a prescription.

Meeting with the regional managers of the company Mastercard/Ciphertrace, Sebastien Vaillant and David Zgudadze was held at Investigation Service. During the meeting, the parties introduced to each other the main priority areas of their activities. Reviewed the challenges related to detection of money laundering using virtual asset, up-to-date approaches and technical capabilities needed to solve it. 

As a result of investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, exposed fact of misappropriation of a large amount of funds belonging to the joint-stock company, by using official powers. On this fact, one person was accused and brought to the to the criminal liability.

Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia announces a paid internship program in investigative and operative directions. 

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia in coordination with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, criminal prosecution was initiated against 14 persons on the facts of improper use of the state targeted credit and the manufacturing and using forged documents.