Special investigation service arrests security police officers for domestic violence

An individual, identified as G.I. and born in 1990, was detained in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti for domestic violence and threat as well as sexual assault against a minor. 

Police identified 9,144 victims of domestic violence and 8,716 abusers throughout Georgia in 2020, reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).

Despite the crisis caused by the coronavirus, the Georgian government is continuing to pursue a strict policy against domestic violence and violence against women.

The Georgian Interior Ministry has stated that due to an information campaign and government anti-violence efforts, more and more people have been appealing to the police in cases of domestic violence and incidents.

A man has been charged with premediated murder and violation of a restraining order after stabbing his girlfriend in the presence of her three underage children on Sunday in the eastern Kakheti region city of Telavi,  the prosecutor’s office of Georgia said on Tuesday.

The prosecutor general’s office of Georgia has invited artists, sculptors and photographers from across the country to submit works to a competition dedicated to combating femicide and violence against women.

Female victims of violence were invited to meet representatives of the Georgian prosecutor general’s office on Wednesday in a meeting hosted as part of the body’s recently launched national campaign against femicide.

Georgia’s special investigation service on Thursday arrested five individuals for the violation of secrecy of private life and unlawfully obtaining personal correspondence, the service said.

Residents of Georgia’s western cities of  Kutaisi and Zugdidi and students of the Kutaisi-based Akaki Tsereteli State University met officials from the prosecutor general’s office on Monday to discuss measures being taken by authorities against femicide and importance of public participation in the effort.

Georgia’s Special Investigative Service has arrested two security police officers for domestic violence and assault in Georgia’s western region of Kutaisi and Kakheti in the east.

Georgian police officers have arrested a man for physical abuse of a two-year-old daughter in eastern Georgia’s Akhmeta municipality, the Interior Ministry announced on Friday.

Georgian police officers have arrested eight individuals, including two employees of the Security Police Department of the Georgian Interior Ministry, for theft of fuel. 

Georgia's Special Investigation Service accused three law enforcement officers of improper treatment and violent crimes between the period of January and March of 2023 in the country’s capital Tbilisi and western regions of Adjara and Samegrelo, the Service said on Thursday.

A senior inspector of the Kvemo Kartli Police Department of the Georgia’s Interior Ministry has been charged with harassment of a woman in the city of Rustavi near the country’s capital Tbilisi, the Special Investigation Service said on Monday.

The Special Investigation Service of Georgia on Tuesday said its investigative actions had led to 139 individuals being charged with crimes since the body’s founding in 2022.

The Special Investigation Service of Georgia on Monday said its investigative actions had led to 14 individuals being charged with disclosure of personal information of victims between August-October.

The General Inspection of the Georgian Interior Ministry has arrested an employee of the Shida Kartli Police Department for illegal purchase and storage of firearms and transporting of “especially large quantities” of excise-free tobacco, the state body said on Tuesday.

The Special Investigation Service of Georgia has charged two minors with unlawful interference in the work of a Formula TV channel reporter and cameraman following an assault on the journalists last month.