Press releases

Delegation of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland visited the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. Deputy Heads of the Investigation Service, Vakhtang Paresishvili and Vaja Panozishvili, and other officials of the Service met with the delegation members. The delegation was led by Stephanie Joyce, Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer of HM Revenue and Customs of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Meeting was also attended the Regional Director of the International Intelligence and Operations Department at the National Crime Agency ,Graham Hancock and Amanda Hickman, the International Relations Officer at the same department with political secretary of the British Embassy, Sophie Stewart.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, detained one person on the fact of manufacturing and using of forged tax documents by group of people.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, exposed two facts of misappropriation of large quantity of state owned property by means of manufacturing and using of the forged official documents. Criminal liability was imposed on eight persons, two of which were detained as initiators of the above mentioned criminal activities.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out by representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, specialist of one of the forest districts of Samtskhe-Javakheti Forestry Service of LEPL “National Forestry Agency”, was exposed on the fact of abusing official powers.

Detained employees of the three Primal Technical Inspection Centers located in Tbilisi, did not perform their official duties properly and issued false positive conclusions on technically impaired vehicles during the technical inspection of their vehicles. The employees of “Tbilisi Transport Company” LLC did not have any kind of interference. Consequently, they were not identified as offenders or there were no misconducts.

As a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, on the basis of a court ruling, representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, detained four employees of three centers of primary technical inspection, on the facts of manufacturing and selling of forged official documents and negligence.