Press releases

As a result of investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, through the coordinated activities with the representatives of the Customs Department of the LEPL Revenue Service, foreign citizen has been brought to the criminal liability, on the fact of smuggling of particularly large amount of goods across the customs border of Georgia.

Head of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia - Soso Ramishvili, along with the other senior officials, met with the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia - Argishti Kyaramyan.

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 August of 2023, exposed 19 facts of storage, transportation and sale of large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks and brought to the criminal liability 12 persons, 3 of which were detained. 

With the support of the European Union-funded project - "Support to Public Administration Reform in Georgia" (PAR), an introductory online meeting was held between the representatives of Investigation Service and the Secretariat of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN). Attention was focused on the importance of international cooperation in the field of management of frozen assets and the need to share the best practices gained in this regard amongst the relevant law enforcement agencies of different countries.

Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia actively continues its efforts in order to detect the so-called fraudulent call centers.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, exposed two criminal groups in Samegrelo Region and initiated criminal prosecution against seven persons on the fact of damaging the state budget by deceit by manufacturing and using forged tax documents, as a group