Press releases

Deputy Head of Investigation Service of Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Mr. Iga Zaalishvili and Head of Tbilisi Main Division of Investigation Department of Investigation Service, Mr. Giorgi Elgandashvili participated in TAIEX Regional Workshop for the Eastern Partnership Countries „Best Practices of Asset Recovery Offices (ARO) in the European Union. Tracing and Identifying Criminal Assets“. The event took place on 13-14 November 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.

As a result of investigational-operative activities carried out by representatives of Investigation Service of Ministry of Finance of Georgia, heads of two companies were exposed on fact of misappropriation of large quantity of state property.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, five facts of illegal entrepreneurial activity were detected.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the officers of the Investigation Service of Ministry of Finance of Georgia one person has been exposed on a fact of breaching the procedure related to the movement of especially large quantity of goods across the customs border.

Head of the Investigation Service of Ministry of Finance of Georgia is on a working visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland where he participates in the 5th International Forum on Tax and Crime, organized by OECD in association with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia has arrested a former head of one of the commercial educational institutions as an accused in preparing and selling forged documents.