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Head of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia - Soso Ramishvili together with the other officials hosted Mr.Tibor Draskovics, the team leader of the EU funded project “Support to the Public Administration Reform in Georgia” and Mr. Hendrikus Van Boxmeer, senior expert in transparency and accountability. At the introductory meeting the parties discussed specific areas of future cooperation.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia brought to the criminal liability two persons, one of whom is detained on the fact of misappropriation of lawfully held state funds in large quantities, using the official position.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, based on the court ruling detained one person on the fact of fraudulent misappropriation of large amount of state fund and large amount of property damage to the state budget through the way of manufacturing and using of forged tax documents.

On November 17th, 2021 head of Tbilisi Main Division of Investigation Department of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, Mr. Besik Tsikhelashvili participated in the online 3rd meeting of Steering Committee of the project on “Enhancing the systems of prevention and combating corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing in Georgia”, organized by the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) of the Council of Europe.

Representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, through the coordinated activities carried out together with the representatives of Customs Department of the Revenue Service, brought to the criminal liability one person on the fact of importing particularly large amount of undeclared goods to the customs border of Georgia.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, detained two persons and brought to the criminal liability three persons on the fact of manufacturing and using forged tax documents by a group, and by prior agreement of the group, fraudulently causing large amounts of property damage to the state budget.