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 April of 2023, exposed 33 facts of storage, transportation and sale of large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks and brought to the criminal liability 29 persons, 10 of which were detained.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out within the framework of two criminal cases, representatives of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, in the month of April of 2023, on the facts of bribe taking, two employees of the Imereti and Samtskhe-Javakheti forestry service of the LEPL “National Forestry Agency” were detained.

As a result of the operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, the employees of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia brought to criminal liability one person on the fact of fraudulent misappropriation of a large amount of state funds by manufacturing and using forged documents. 

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, the fact of manufacturing and sale of products hazardous to human life or health and deception of consumers, committed in large quantities was detected, on which three persons were charged criminal liability.
 

Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia hosted the delegation of Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which was led by the deputy chairperson of the Agency, Mr. Zhenis Elemesov. At the meeting, the guests were introduced with the activities of the Investigation Service, existing challenges, important changes made in the recent period and the results achieved last year.

Deputy Heads of the Investigation Service - Vakhtang Paresishvili and Vaja Panozishvili, along with the heads of the other departments, hosted the representatives of the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the Great Britain.