Georgian police help Greek law enforcers detain Georgian criminal group
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The Georgian Interior Ministry and the country’s police attaché to Greece have helped Greek law enforcers to detain four Georgian members of a criminal group.
The detainees, who have not been identified by the Georgian Interior Ministry, have robbed about 200 flats in Greece.
The detainees chose flats beforehand and then robbed,” the Georgian Interior Ministry reported.
The law enforcers seized money, weapons and stolen items from the accommodations where the detainees lived.
If found guilty for crimes including membership in a criminal group, money laundering and robbery, the individuals may face up to 20 years in prison.
The Georgian Interior Ministry is in active cooperation with its European allies to combat crime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs says.
Four Georgian members of a criminal group have been detained in Madrid several days ago with the help of Georgia’s Interior Ministry, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported.
Georgia’s law enforcers have detained a man wanted by Interpol since 2016.
A person sought by intergovernmental police organisation Interpol has been arrested by Georgian police and is undergoing preliminary procedures for extradition to Turkey, where they are wanted for charges of murder.
Georgian police have arrested a person wanted internationally by Interpol. The detainee, a Turkish citizen born in 1963, was issued an international arrest warrant for his crimes committed in Belgium.
The arrests come in the wake of the capture of four Georgian criminal bosses and 34 Georgian members of criminal groups in France and Greece on April 16-17 through cooperation with the Georgian Interior Ministry.
The Georgian Interior Ministry and Greek police have detained 17 members of a criminal group as the result of a joint investigation today in Athens.
Jack Shepherd, who was convicted in the UK in July 2018 of manslaughter by gross negligence of a woman on their first date in December 2015, surrendered to Georgian police yesterday.
UK Interior Minister Sajid Javid phoned Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia yesterday to thank him for the support in detaining British convict Jack Shepherd in Georgia this week.
The Greek police have detained a group of nine Georgian citizens, including one woman, for the creation of ‘criminal groups’ and house robberies in Athens.