Press releases

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, criminal prosecution was initiated against 3 persons on the facts of fraudulent misappropriation of large amount of funds belonging to the state, in a group, by manufacturing and using forged tax documents, state budget property damage and false entrepreneurship. 

Within the framework of the joint EU and Council of Europe CyberEast project, in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), training course of “Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Online Investigation for the Investigators of the Ministry of Finance” is held at the Academy of the Ministry of Finance. 25 investigators of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia are taking part in the training.

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 October of the current year, exposed 24 facts of storage, transportation and sale of large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks and brought to the criminal liability 23 persons, 9 of which were detained.

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.