Georgia and Europol to deepen cooperation against crime
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Georgia and Europol are expanding joint efforts to better deal with different types of crime.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Europol's Director Rob Wainwright have signed a Liaison Agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding on secure communication line protocol.
The Georgian authorities intend to post a Liaison Officer to Europol headquarters in the upcoming months, which also aims at improving cooperation between the agencies on organised crime.
We were honoured to receive the visit of Mr Giorgi Gakharia, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, earlier this afternoon. @MIAofGeorgia@GEOembassyNLpic.twitter.com/ABxkXiiLCZ
— Europol (@Europol) March 9, 2018
Georgia officially became Europol’s partner in 2016.
Europol is the law enforcement agency of the EU that handles criminal intelligence and combats serious international organised crime by means of cooperation between the relevant authorities of the member states, including those tasked with customs, immigration services, border and financial police.
Headquartered in The Hague in the Netherlands, Europol assists the 28 EU member states in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism.
Today the Parliament of Georgia ratified an agreement between Georgia and Europol which refers partnership to fight cross-border crime and terrorism.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Mgebrishvili and Europol's Director Rob Wainwright signed an Agreement on Operational and Strategic Cooperation to expand cooperation to combat serious and organised cross-border criminal activities.
Georgia becomes partner of Europol
Today the European Parliament made a "historic decision” for Georgia by confirming Georgia as a partner of Europol, announced Interior Minister Giorgi Mgebrishvili.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia is on an official visit to Sweden. Meeting with the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Morgan Johansson the two ministers discussed variety of issues including strengthening fight against organized and property crimes.
The Georgian Interior Ministry and Greek police have detained 17 members of a criminal group as the result of a joint investigation today in Athens.
The offenders may face imprisonment from five to seven years.
The Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia and his Ukrainian counterpart Arsen Avakov have discussed cooperation against organised crime and so called ‘’thieves in law’’ at an official meeting in Ukraine.
Georgia and Italy are teaming up to fight economic and financial crime, announces the Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.
The Investigation Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia took part in a “coordinated operation” of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation targeting trafficking of counterfeit and misused medications and doping substances, the Service said on Monday.
Grigol Liluashvili, the Head of the State Security Service of Georgia, and Catherine De Bolle, the Executive Director of Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, on Wednesday signed a deal on exchange and protection of secret information.