Press releases

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 July of 2023, exposed 20 facts of storage, transportation and sale of large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks and brought to the criminal liability 19  persons, 5 of which were detained. 

Investigation Service hosted experts from the company Chainalysis (Mahmoud El Sadi Essa and Shailendra Sadh) as part of a 2-day training session organized for investigators and analytical staff. The company provides services to governmental, virtual asset service providers and financial institutions in more than 70 countries, as well as providing customized software tailored directly to them.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, criminal prosecution was initiated against 5 persons, one of whom is a former official, on the fact of misappropriation of large amount of state property by deceit by manufacturing and using forged official documents and neglect of official duty.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, two persons were detained on the fact of selling forged money, prior agreement as a group.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, initiated criminal prosecution against four persons on the fact of damaging the state budget by deceit and illegal misappropriation of state budget funds by manufacturing and using forged tax documents, as a group.  

As a result of operative-search and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, two persons were detained on the fact of selling large amount of forged currency, prior agreement as a group.