Press releases

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, on the fact of fraudulent misappropriation of state-owned land plots, by manufacturing and using forged documents confirming the property rights, abusing official powers, forgery by an official and neglecting official duties, accused and brought to criminal liability 9 persons, two of which were former officials and one was a current official.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, for the purpose of misappropriation, on the fact of attempting to fraudulently appropriate a large amount of money, detained one person.

As a result of investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, initiated criminal prosecution against nine persons, on the facts of illegally obtaining a credit.

Employees of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, with the support of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Embassy of Switzerland, took part in the simulation training on human trafficking organized by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. The training – “Combatting Human Trafficking: Sustaining Multi-Agency Collaboration through National Simulation-based Exercise”, was held in Tbilisi on November 7-11.

Today, a meeting with representatives of the Turkish International Academy against Drugs and Organized Crime (TADOC) was held at Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.

The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia actively continues to carry out relevant operative-searching activities in order to detect and prevent the facts of storage, transportation and sale of cigarettes without excise marks.