Georgia’s experience in detecting nuclear, radiation threats in Interpol meeting

Georgia’s experience in detecting and responding to nuclear and radiation threats at border crossing points was in focus of a meeting held within the International Criminal Police Organisation’s Geiger project in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi on Wednesday, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.

In the meeting Georgia’s Deputy Interior Minister Giorgi Butkhuzi emphasised the “long and successful” cooperation between the country and Interpol, and stressed the importance of an effective exchange of information with the Organisation and member states in their work against crime.

The meeting was also attended by Vazha Siradze, the Director of the Patrol Police Department of the MIA, representatives of the State Security Service, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Finance Ministry, as well as the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency of the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture.

Geiger is an analytical project of Interpol with a database containing over 4,200 incidents involving radiological and nuclear material. By carrying out searches of the Geiger database, Interpol provides member countries with information related to their investigation of terrorist and criminal acts involving radiological and nuclear materials.