Representatives of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia are intensively carrying out activities throughout the territory of the country in order to detect and expose illegal timber extractors, sellers of wood materials with the use of forged documents and illegally operating timber enterprises.

In July 2018, the employees of the Service, as a result of operative-searching and investigative activities carried out, imposed criminal liability and arrested 15 persons on the fact of illegal sale of timber by using forged tax documents.

At this stage, investigative activities are being carried out in the regions of Imereti, Adjara, Kakheti, Guria, Racha-Lechkhumi, Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti.

Within the measures carried out, checking of the legality of the activities of timber processing and selling enterprises are performed, also the detection of timber enterprises without registration is taking place.

Similar activities are being carried out in the villages of Tchuberi and Khaishi, where local population interrupts the employees of the Investigation Service to fulfil their duties. Due to abovementioned, in these villages, for the reasons of security of the employees of the Investigation Service and the full implementation of their activities, it became necessary to mobilize the Special Detachment Unit.

Investigation is underway under Articles 210, 192, 2871 and 303 of the Criminal Code of Georgia.