Press releases

Heads of the Investigation service hosted Dr. Leah Fox, Associate Head and Principal Lecturer of the University of Portsmouth of the United Kingdom. Meeting was also attended by Igoris Krzeckovskis - Senior Non-Key Expert on AML/CFT of EU project “Support to the Public Administration Reform in Georgia”.

Within the framework of the EU-funded project - "Support to the Public Administration Reform in Georgia" a virtual meeting was held at the Investigation Service, which was attended by: The expert of the project - Igoris Krzeckovskis, Senior Expert on Transparency and Accountability - Hendrikus van Boxmeer, representative of Economic Crime Investigation Unit of Finnish Customs - Sari Knaapi and Head of the Asset Management Directorate within Criminal Asset Recovery Agency (National Anti-corruption center of the Republic of Moldova) - Pavel Calpajiu.

Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia continues to actively carry out investigative activities in order to expose facts of so called "pharmacy drug addiction". In May as a result of the complex activities carried out through Tbilisi, 17 pharmacies operating in violation of the law were exposed. 

As a result of investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia in coordination with the Kakheti Regional Prosecutor's Office, brought to the criminal liability 4 persons, among them 1 entrepreneurial entity was detained, on the facts of manufacturing and using forged documents, negligence and misappropriation of a large amount of money belonging to the state.

The head of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Soso Ramishvili, along with other senior officials, hosted the director of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the Embassy of the United States of America, Ms. Sarah Rupert.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, 7 persons were brought to criminal liability on the facts of damage of property of the state budget by deception and intentional evasion of taxes in large amount, committed by a group, by manufacturing and using forged documents.