Press releases

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, in coordination with the representatives of the Customs Department of the Revenue Service, exposed fact of importing particularly large amount of goods through the customs border of Georgia, in violation of customs regulations, on which one person was detained.

Head of Investigation Service, Soso Ramishvili, and management team members hosted the delegation of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia and the Tax and Customs Police Department of the State Revenue Service, leaded by Olga Bogdanova - Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Latvian colleagues got acquainted in details with the specifics of the Investigation Service activities, its priorities and the results achieved within the recent period.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia one person was brought to the criminal liability on the fact of falsification.

As a result of investigative activities carried out by the representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, one person has been detained, on the fact of deliberately evading particularly large amount of tax.

Memorandum of Understanding between Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and University of Portsmouth, UK has been signed by Vakhtang Paresishvili - Deputy Head of Investigation Service and Sarah Duckering - Director of Research and Innovation Services of the University of Portsmouth.

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 January of the current year, exposed 18 facts of storage, transportation and sale of large amount of excisable goods subject to marking, without excise marks and brought to the criminal liability 20 persons, 12 of which were detained.