$87,000 seized, 4 detained for connections with ‘criminal underworld’
The individuals have been detained in Tbilisi and the Akhaltsikhe region of Georgia. Photo: Pia.ge.
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Four individuals have been detained for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and contacting so-called criminal bosses to settle a financial dispute.
Two men, one with a previous criminal record, had been mediating between so-called criminal bosses and two business partners that were having a financial dispute.
The video reflecting the detention has been released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
They have been charged with membership in the criminal underworld, while the other two are business partners who have been charged with appealing to the criminal underworld for help in resolving a conflict.
The crime is punishable by three to 10 years in prison. Police have seized $87,000 from the apartment of one of the detainees,” the Interior Ministry has reported.
The ministry said that so called criminal bosses living in Turkey, Jeyran Kintsurashvili and in Russia Eduard Astrian were involved in “settling a dispute in 2018.”
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained three individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and ‘requesting help from criminal bosses to settle a dispute’.
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.
10 have been detained and one was charged with membership in the criminal underworld, the Georgian Interior Ministry has reported earlier today.
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'.
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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained six individuals in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi and Kobuleti over the past several days for the membership of the criminal underworld and making contacts with ‘criminal boses to settle disputes.'
Police have arrested nine individuals on charges of “membership in the criminal underworld” and for using criminal authorities to settle a financial dispute, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Tuesday.