Georgia and France create joint working group to combat organised crime
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The Georgian and French interior ministers signed an agreement in Paris today to create a joint working group against the transnational organised crime.
The Georgian Interior Ministry evaluated the deal as a "one step forward for a higher level of cooperation between Georgian and French law enforcers.”
The Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s visit in France aims to further enhance police ties between the two countries, particularly towards the directions which concern Georgia-EU visa free agreement, the Georgian Interior Ministry reported.
Gakharia and his French counterpart Gerard Collomb stated that the law enforcement agencies of their countries have cooperated affective, which led to the decreased number of crimes committed by Georgians in France.
Collomb praised Georgia for the 100percent fulfillment of readmission requests from France.
Twenty-seven Georgians are among the 37 members of a criminal gang who have been charged with property theft in France. The gang members were arrested after tight cooperation between the Georgian and French police, the Georgian Interior Ministry said in a statement today.
Today the Parliament of Georgia ratified an agreement between Georgia and Europol which refers partnership to fight cross-border crime and terrorism.
Four Georgian criminal bosses and 34 Georgian members of criminal groups were detained in France and Greece on April 16-17 through cooperation with the Georgian Interior Ministry.
France and Georgia are launching a high level dialogue format named after Georgian prince Dimitri Milakhvari, a French military officer and Lieutenant Colonel of the French Foreign Legion who played an important role in the French Resistance against Nazi occupation during the World War II.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia says that threats coming from the possibility of Georgian asylum seekers cooperating with members of organised crime have been ‘neutralised’ as the result of ‘effective cooperation’ with the country’s European partners.
The French National Day, Bastille Day or la fête nationale is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a turning point of the French Revolution.
Giorgi Gakharia and Christopher Wray have also agreed that Georgian law enforcers will be involved in operations against international and transborder organised crime.
The Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia and his Ukrainian counterpart Arsen Avakov have discussed cooperation against organised crime and so called ‘’thieves in law’’ at an official meeting in Ukraine.
Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia spoke at a conference today providing local and international organisations with information regarding the investigative system reforms in the police.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner says that the number of Georgian asylum seekers in France has dropped by 50 per cent in the second half of the year, while Georgia took the first position on the list of asylum seekers in the first several months of 2019.