Within the cycle of meetings with the various State agencies of Georgia, a meeting was held at the Investigation Service with the representatives of the Agency and the delegation of the company Tether, which was led by Mr. Paolo Ardoino (Chief Technology Officer). The head persons of the digital payments platform - CityPay.io also attended the meeting.

At the meeting, the parties introduced to each other the main directions of their activities, reviewed the trends of digitization of financial services and their possible impact on the financial and economic sector of Georgia, as well as a number of issues related to the need for timely and effective detection and prevention of potential crimes.

They discussed prospects of retraining of the employees of the Investigation Service, taking into account topics such as: sharing of existing experience in terms of money laundering risks; International cooperation with law enforcement agencies and its legal basis; digital traceability, including in block chain systems; the regulatory framework for digital payments implemented by EU member and non-member countries and etc.

The parties agreed to continue communication in the specific direction in order to activate future cooperation.