Press releases

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.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, an entrepreneur and an employee of the state sub-agency Environmental Supervision Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture had been exposed on the facts of transportation of illegally obtained wooden material, production and use of false tax documents and abuse of official powers.