Court gives 8 years to five people for their connections with the criminal underworld
Membership in the criminal underworld is punishable by up to 10 years in prison by Georgian law. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Tbilisi City Court has sentenced five individuals to eight years in prison for membership in the criminal underworld, addressing criminal bosses [to solve a dispute] and participation in criminal assemblies.
The individuals were detained back in May 2018.
Two of the detainees addressed criminal bosses to solve a financial dispute.
Criminal assemblies regarding the issue took place in Tbilisi and Turkey at different times, with the involvement of two criminal bosses.
The remaining three were members of the criminal underworld, connecting people with the criminal bosses.
Earlier in August 2018, the Georgian Interior Ministry announced that the list of crimes in the criminal code related to so-called criminal bosses and their activities had expanded.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained three individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and ‘requesting help from criminal bosses to settle a dispute’.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained five who were involved in a so-called ‘meeting of criminal bosses’.
10 have been detained and one was charged with membership in the criminal underworld, the Georgian Interior Ministry has reported earlier today.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrested six individuals for membership in the ‘criminal underworld’. Head of the Main Division of the Fight against Organised Crime Mamuka Chelidze said at today’s briefing that the detainees were involved in criminal activities supporting the 'criminal underworld'.
Four individuals have been detained for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and contacting so-called criminal bosses to settle a financial dispute.
Three individuals have been charged with ‘membership in the criminal underworld’, ‘requesting help from the crime bosses’ and illegal purchase and storage of firearms, announced the Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office today.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained six individuals in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi and Kobuleti over the past several days for the membership of the criminal underworld and making contacts with ‘criminal boses to settle disputes.'
Police have detained three individuals for membership in the ‘criminal underworld’ and financial extortion today.
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