Cybercrime and Economic Crime Center (CCEC) of the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, organized the initial cycle of online trainings tailored to the needs of the employees of Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. It should be noted, that the trainings are the first joint event, which is supported by the University of Portsmouth, after the parties signed the Memorandum of Understanding in February of this year.

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.

On December 12-13 of current year, with the support of Europol, within the project EMPACT - European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats, co-hosted by the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and the NAS Carabinieri of the Republic of Italy, the conference EMPACT IPCCGC / OPSON XIII on Counterfeit Food and Geographical Indications was held in Tbilisi.

The purpose of the visit was to share experience about the existing methodology and practice in the analytical direction.