Interior Ministry arrests five involved in meeting of criminal bosses
The law enforcers recorded the meeting secretly based on the ordinance of a judge and afterwards, detained the five on 11 February in Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained five who were involved in a so-called ‘meeting of criminal bosses’.
The detainees may face six-10 years in jail for the crimes they have committed”, First Deputy Interior Minister Kakha Sabanadze said at a ministry briefing earlier today.
The five were arrested for their involvement in the ‘criminal underworld’, involvement in the meeting of criminal bosses and supporting the ‘criminal world’ as well.
The investigation has established that the meeting of criminal bosses was held in a Tbilisi apartment on 27 January 2019 in order to settle a conflict between a Georgian national identified as only M.K. and a businessman identified as J.M.
So-called Georgian criminal boss Sulkhan Japaridze (previously called Sulkhan Tvalchrelidze) contacted meeting participants via the internet. He settled the dispute between the parties due to his criminal influence.
Sulkhan Japaridze has been wanted by Interpol since 2016.
The law enforcers recorded the meeting secretly based on the ordinance of a judge and afterwards, detained the five on 11 February in Tbilisi. Sulkhan Japaridze was charged in absentia.
Earlier in August 2018, the Georgian Interior Ministry stated that the list of crimes in the criminal code related to so-called criminal bosses and their activities had expanded.
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.
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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has stated that the list of crimes in the criminal code related to so-called criminal bosses and their activities has expanded.
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.
The Georgian Interior Ministry and OSCE Human Rights Office (ODIHR) have signed a deal to create a training programme for crime investigators that deal with cases involving discrimination.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained three individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and ‘requesting help from criminal bosses to settle a dispute’.
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.
Georgian Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor’s Office have detained four Georgia citizens in a joint operation for membership in the criminal underworld and appealing to criminal bosses to settle disputes.
The Georgian Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor’s Office have detained 13 individuals in a joint operation for their membership in the criminal underworld, appealing to criminal bosses and illegal deprivation of liberty.
Georgian criminal boss Mindia Lavasogly (Goradze) may be extradited to Georgia from Turkey as Georgia has already requested his extradition.
Georgian law enforcers have detained eight individuals for membership in ‘the criminal underworld’, while two Georgian ‘’thieves-in-law’ living abroad have been charged in absentia, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Two Georgian citizens, with a previous criminal history, have been detained by Georgian police for membership in the criminal underworld and illegal possession of weapons and drugs.
The two individuals, identified as D.Kh. born in 1974 and N.B. born in 1997, who acted on behalf of ‘thief-in-law’ Boria Apakidze, had demanded from a businessman in Tetritskaro municipality to pay them $10,000.
Forty-five Georgian citizens have been detained abroad with the help of the Georgian police, the Georgian Interior Ministry reported earlier today.