Georgian police arrest man for exporting falsified hazelnut products to Germany
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A Georgian man could spend four years behind bars after he allegedly used falsified tax documents to export low quality hazelnuts to Germany.
The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance arrested a man for the alleged offences, which are punishable in Georgia by imprisonment from two to four years.
The identity of the accused has not been released.
Officials said that while processing and packaging hazelnut products, the accused mixed peanuts with hazelnuts. Peanuts are relatively cheap and have different consumption features so mixing them with the hazelnut products bulked up the production with a completely different, lower quality nut.
After this the alleged offender exported these low quality nut products to Germany.
The detainee was registered as director of Global Trade LTD and in the name of this company, he allegedly used 65 illegal documents (purchase acts), which showed the company bought hazelnuts worth almost two million GEL.
If proven guilty, the accused will face time in prison.
To strengthen the country’s role as a major global hazelnut exporter, Georgia is launching a new program to increase the quality of exported nuts and sell them worldwide at a premium price to improve the economic livelihoods of more than 50,000 local hazelnut growers.
Georgia is fostering its growing hazelnut industry by building a new processing factory in western Guria region.
Georgia is fostering hazelnut production by launching new rules to regulate hazelnut exports and imports, ensure goods are high quality and eliminate labelling issues.
Georgian nuts will soon become a globally recognised brand – this is the main goal of the Nut Production State Program which is launching today.
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