Police arrest 4 on charges of trafficking minors

Georgia’s Interior Ministry on Sunday said its professionals, together with the General Prosecutor's Office, detained four individuals on charges of trafficking minors.

As the investigation established, the minors had been under psychological pressure and systematically exploited for labour by the offenders, who forced them to sell flowers or beg alms and obtained the received money from the minors, the state body said. 

It added the offenders had also verbally and physically assaulted the minors in case of disobedience.

The crime is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 14 to 17 years.