Time in Tbilisi: March 28, 2024 22:04
The Georgian Interior Ministry reports that 116 individuals were charged in 2018 for various offences committed against minors.
The ministry stated that:
The ministry has already drafted a bill which provides civil restrictions and tougher punishment for those convicted of sexual crimes against minors.
Convicts of sexual crimes against minors will be deprived of the right to work at educational institutions.
The ministry will create a special database of all people convicted for sexual crimes against minors. The individuals will be under permanent surveillance to prevent sexual crimes against minors,” the ministry stated.
The current legislation provides five to seven years in prison for indecent actions against children under 14. The sentence for sexual crimes against minors may reach 20 years based on the circumstances.
The Georgian police have arrested a man accused of sexually harassing adolescents online and violating their right to privacy.
Ruling Georgian Dream party MPs have drafted a bill which makes sexual harassment a punishable offence.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has drafted a bill which provides civil restrictions and tougher punishment for those convicted of sexual crimes against minors.
The MIA says they will continue investigating trafficking cases involving adolescents and will "react strictly” even if the victim and offender are close relatives.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has reported today that they have sent a bill which provides tougher punishment for sexual crimes against minors to the government for confirmation.
Monitoring of the investigation of crimes against life and health will be added to the obligations of the department starting from the year, Deputy Interior Minister Natia Mezvrishvili stated today.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has held a meeting with members of international organisations, NGOs and state agencies earlier today to speak about crimes committed against and by minors.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is creating a registry of persons convicted of sex crimes, the ministry reports today.
Georgia has ruled to transfer the children taken to Georgia by Ukrainian citizen Yulia Suslyak to Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities showed readiness to take responsibility for the children’s guardianship.
287 cases of sexual abuse against children were reported last year, according to the official data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. In 2017 the figure stood at 174.
A 35-year-old woman has been detained in Tbilisi who forced her 12 and 13-year-old children to beg for money on central Pekini Street, threatening them with physical and sexual exploitation if they refused to do so.
The Georgian Interior Ministry will open a special division in Tbilisi in April 2020 which will be focused only on minors’ issues, head of the prime minister’s office Natia Mezvrishvili has stated. Mezvrishvili, who previously served as deputy interior minister, said that investigators specialised in minors’ issues will work in the division.She said that the work is underway with the Health Ministry to overcome the challenges related to social workers.
Georgian and Ukrainian state security agencies have prevented the premediated murder of two individuals in Georgia by car bomb.
5,334 crimes were registered in Georgia in January 2020, which is 400 cases fewer compared to the same period of the last year. 1,314 of the cases have been resolved, the Georgian Interior Ministry told IPN news agency.
The number of crimes registered between January and March of 2020 has decreased by more than 10 per per cent compared to the same period of the last year.
Crimes against property are the most commonly reported crime in Georgia, reveal statistics released today by official sources. In total 3,493 crimes were registered in Georgia in April 2020, which is 1.5 per cent less compared to the same month of the last year, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia.
The Georgian prosecutor general’s office has charged two individuals for coercion and sexual offences against minors, the state body announced on Friday.