Today, permanent monitoring body of the Council of Europe the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) published the fifth round mutual evaluation report on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures. 
The document emphasizes on the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, as the national coordinating body for the development of anti-money laundering policy, on fighting against crimes committed in the financial-economic sector. The report mentions the significant steps taken by the Investigation Service and the Revenue Service in recent years to combat money laundering.
 

Head of the Investigation Service Soso Ramishvili and Deputy Head Vakhtang Paresishvili hosted representatives of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus Marina Drobishevskaya and Dennis Bardian.

The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia hosted the representatives of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti), project leader Ibon Ormazabal and Head of Trademark Department Irakli Kasradze. The Head of Investigation Department of Service Kakhaber Khurtsilava, together with his colleagues introduced specific directions, procedures and legal bases of investigative activities to the guests. The conversations also touched upon the challenges faced by the staff of the Investigation Service in the investigative processes of the criminal offenses related to intellectual property violations. 

Head of the Investigation Service, Soso Ramishvili and his deputies hosted Director of the Tax and Customs Police Department of the State Revenue Service of the Republic of Latvia, Kaspars Podiņš and Deputy Director, Kristina Prusaka-Brinkmanne.
 

The delegation of the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia payed an official visit to the Republic of Estonia.Head of the Service - Soso Ramishvili, and the representatives of the agency met with the high-level managers of Estonian Tax and Customs Board  - The Director General of Estonian Tax and Customs Board, Mr. Valdur Laid; Head of Investigation Department, Mr. Rain Kuus and other officials.