10 detained, one charged in prison for membership of criminal underworld
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10 have been detained and one was charged with membership in the criminal underworld, the Georgian Interior Ministry has reported earlier today.
One was detained when he was trying to flee to Azerbaijan,” the ministry stated.
The ministry says that the individuals participated in criminal gatherings, threatened people to hand over their money and personal belongings.
The video released by the ministry on the detention, which took place in different regions of Georgia
Police revealed that they forced a man give them his own car, they also threatened another man to pay more than $1,500, otherwise his family would ‘face problems’,” the ministry said.
They ministry says that four of the 10 openly supported criminal bosses and encouraged others to choose the way of living.
The convict who was charged in prison collected money to send it to a criminal boss in Turkey, the ministry said.
The age of detainees range between 26 and 46.
They face seven to 10 years in prison.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained three individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and ‘requesting help from criminal bosses to settle a dispute’.
The arrests come in the wake of the capture of four Georgian criminal bosses and 34 Georgian members of criminal groups in France and Greece on April 16-17 through cooperation with the Georgian Interior Ministry.
Amendments to a law on combating organised crime and racketeering come in the wake of the recent arrest of four Georgian criminal bosses and 34 Georgian members of criminal groups in France and Greece.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrested six individuals for membership in the ‘criminal underworld’. Head of the Main Division of the Fight against Organised Crime Mamuka Chelidze said at today’s briefing that the detainees were involved in criminal activities supporting the 'criminal underworld'.
Tbilisi City Court has sentenced five individuals to eight years in prison for membership in the criminal underworld, addressing criminal bosses [to solve a dispute] and participation in criminal assemblies.
Four individuals have been detained for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and contacting so-called criminal bosses to settle a financial dispute.
Three individuals have been charged with ‘membership in the criminal underworld’, ‘requesting help from the crime bosses’ and illegal purchase and storage of firearms, announced the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office today.
Three individuals have been detained for membership in the criminal underworld in Georgia and participation in criminal gatherings.