Former UNM official Megis Kardava, wanted for 11 high-profile cases, extradited from Ukraine to Georgia
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Former head of Georgia’s military police under the United National Movement (UNM) government Megis Kardava has been extradited from Ukraine to Georgia earlier today.
Kardava is charged with abuse of authority, torture, sexual abuse and illegal imprisonment and has been wanted by Georgian law enforcers since 2013 for 11 criminal cases.
The ruling Georgian Dream party MP Mamuka Mdinaradze has stated Kardava, ‘who is a symbol of the UNM,’ has been extradited thanks to Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili.
Media reports claim Kardava has been placed in Rustavi prison.
Last week when a Ukrainian court was discussing his case, Kardava said that his extradition to Georgia was connected with the upcoming October 2 municipal elections.
Kardava has been on the run since 2012.
The ruling Georgian Dream party aims to boost its rating through my extradition,” Kardava claimed, noting that ‘Ukrainian and Georgian governments have agreed on his extradition.’
Kardava was detained in Ukraine in November 2017, when he tried to illegally enter the country from Romania.
His extradition was delayed back in 2018 as the latter asked Ukraine for political asylum.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor’s Office stated then that Ukrainian law prohibited extradition from its territory before the completion of asylum-related procedures.
Ukrainian judge Vitaliy Pisanets, who gave the green light for the extradition of former Georgian military official under the United National Movement (UNM) Megis Kardava last week, was found dead in his house, outside Kyiv, on Saturday. The next trial in Kardava's extradition case was scheduled for later today. Kardava, who is charged with abuse of authority, torture, sexual abuse and illegal imprisonment, stated last week that his extradition from Ukraine is related to the Ocrober 2 municipal elections.
The extradition of the former head of the Georgian military police under the United National Movement government Megis Kardava from Ukraine has been delayed as the latter has asked Ukraine for political asylum.
Ukraine’s Security Service has announced procedures have been launched to extradite Georgia’s former head of the military police Megis Kardava to Georgia.
Former Georgian Defense Ministry senior official Megis Kardava, who has been accused of torture and prisoner abuse by Georgia's judiciary, has been detained in Ukraine.
A total of 11 criminal charges are filed against the former head of Georgia’s military police under the United National Movement (UNM) government Megis Kardava who was extradited from Ukraine to Georgia earlier today after 10 years of being on the run. Megis Kardava has been convicted in five criminal cases while six other criminal cases are still being heard in Tbilisi City Court.
The Georgian Chief Prosecutor's Office released a video earlier today which shows the torture of a prisoner in 2011 by former prison officials, including the former head of Georgia’s military police under the United National Movement (UNM) government, Megis Kardava, who is currently serving out a sentence.