Four arrested for ‘membership in criminal underworld’, extortion
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Police have arrested four individuals for ‘membership in the criminal underworld’ and extortion in Borjomi, Rustavi and the Imereti region.
The Georgian Interior Ministry (MIA) says that one out of the three individuals is a Russian citizen.
The MIA reports that the Russian citizen, identified only as I.D., contacted a businessman in Kutaisi and demanded $15,000. I.D. threatened to kill the businessmen if he refused to pay the money.
Police officers seized computer equipment, a vehicle and mobile phones during a search of the suspects.
The crime is punishable up to 12 years in prison.
The Georgian Interior Ministry and the Prosecutor’s Office have arrested nine individuals in a joint operation for their membership in the ‘criminal underworld’ and extorting taxi drivers.
Police have detained three individuals for ‘membership in criminal underworld’ and supporting thieves-in-law (criminal authorities) in Tbilisi and Black Sea town of Batumi today.
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.
Police have detained three individuals for membership in the ‘criminal underworld’ and financial extortion today.
Police arrested six individuals in Tbilisi earlier on Thursday with charges of illegal deprivation of liberty, financial extortion, unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, and failure to report a crime.
Police have arrested nine individuals on charges of “membership in the criminal underworld” and using criminal authorities to settle a financial dispute, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Thursday.
Law enforcers of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Saturday arrested eight individuals in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and the country’s western cities of Chiatura and Sachkere on charges of “membership in the criminal underworld” and “use of criminal authorities to gain material benefit or material advantage”, the Ministry said.
Police have arrested four individuals and charged two in absentia for connections with and membership in “criminal underworld” and for using criminal authorities to settle financial disputes, the Georgian interior ministry said on Thursday.
Police have arrested five individuals for connections with and membership in “criminal underworld” and for using criminal authorities to settle financial disputes in Tbilisi and the western region of Samegrelo, the Georgian interior ministry said on Monday.
The prosecutor general’s office of Georgia has charged five individuals for connections with and membership in “criminal underworld” and for using criminal authorities to settle financial disputes in Tbilisi and the western region of Samegrelo, the state body said on Thursday.
The Gurjaani District Court in Georgia’s east has sentenced two individuals, including a minor, for disclosure of personal information, inhumane treatment and group violence against a 68-year-old man, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Georgia announced on Friday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Tuesday said it had arrested three individuals for connections with the “criminal underworld” and use of criminal authorities for settling financial disputes.
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Saturday said it had arrested one individual in eastern Kakheti region for connections with “criminal underworld”, as well as for illegal purchase and possession of firearms.